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Definitions

pungent

[puhn-juhnt] / ˈpʌn dʒənt /
ADJECTIVE
highly flavored
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acid acrid aromatic bitter peppery piquant poignant salty sharp sour spicy stinging tangy zesty
WEAK
effluvious hot nosey odoriferous racy rich seasoned snappy stinking strong tart whiffy
Antonyms
STRONGEST
blah bland blunt calm cheerful dull good happy kind mild nice pleasant sweet tasteless
WEAK
flavorless
ADJECTIVE
sharp, stinging in speech
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barbed biting bitter caustic incisive peppery piercing poignant salty scathing spicy telling trenchant zesty
WEAK
acrimonious acute cutting exciting hot keen mordant penetrating pointed provocative racy salt sarcastic snappy stimulating stringent
Antonyms
STRONGEST
blah bland calm dull gentle kind mild nice pleasant soothing sweet weak
WEAK
flavorless tasteless

Example Sentences

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Mallory Dodge, a stay-at-home mom in Georgia, was flooded with pungent memories of Axe when considering which starter cologne to buy her teenage son last year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Sit with that pungent taste marinating on your tongue and savor every flavor profile, both the pleasant and unpleasant.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

Aside from being a general nuisance with their ferocious snores, pungent odors and growls, bears can do serious damage to a home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

At the start, the odour was described as "strong, pungent, rotten-cheese-like".

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Their bark is soft velvet, mottled and creamy, and their scent is pungent.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson