Examples of 'pungent' in a sentence
Meaning of "pungent"
Pungent describes a strong, sharp taste or smell that is often unpleasant
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- Having a strong odor that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue, said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
- Stinging; acerbic.
- Having a sharp and stiff point.
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It is pungent in taste and at the end of digestion.
Some species emit a pungent smelling fluid.
A pungent yet satisfying delicacy of my native land.
Eidolon caught the pungent stink of fear.
It is a pungent cheese compared with blue cheese.
The place has a heavy pungent smell.
It has a pungent smell reminiscent of black pepper.
I got the gruff and pungent part.
Studies on the pungent principles of red pepper.
Pungent foods are those that contain spice.
The air was pungent with their smell.
Her son complained they were too pungent.
The pungent smell of cannabis is highly distinctive.
It was then we noticed a pungent smell of burning rubber.
The pungent fragrance recalled something to him.
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It is a white solid with a pungent sour odor.
But the pungent symbolism did not escape me.
It has a strong aroma and pungent taste.
More pungent chords of the battle cry.
It has milky sap and smells pungent.
It has a pungent aroma reminiscent of diesel fuel.
Hydrochloric acid has a distinctive pungent smell.
It is very pungent both in smell and taste.
The smaller ones tend to be kind of pungent.
The pungent smell of moist earth greeted us.
It is also known for its pungent odor.
The pungent smell of it was like a drug.
Inhalation risk is mitigated by a characteristic pungent odor.
Oregano is a pungent herb of the mint family.
The volatile aldehydes have pungent odors.
There was a pungent smell of something familiar.
We are all aware of how pungent she smells.
The pungent scent of fear pee.
Some visitors noted a pungent scent of latex.
Southern varieties are saltier and more pungent.
Pungent like fried chicken grilled on a bed of hair.
I missed a week and the smell was pungent.
The pungent bouquet of hydrogen sulfide and methane.
It is beautiful to look at but has a pungent smell.
The characteristic pungent vapours of acrolein are evolved.
It is slightly aromatic and tastes slightly pungent.
It had the same pungent smell as that tequila.
These things got a pretty pungent musk.
It has a pungent smell similar to that of benzoic acid.
Black mustard seeds are the most pungent.
The pungent aroma of a cheap cigar.
A condensed form of oxygen emitting a pungent odour.
The foliage is pungent when disturbed.
Be careful if you are not used to pungent spices.
Tincture of benzoin is a pungent solution of benzoin resin in ethanol.
