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pungent 音标拼音: [p'ʌndʒənt] a. 苦痛的,刺激性的,严厉的 苦痛的,刺激性的,严厉的 pungent adj 1: strong and sharp;" the pungent taste of radishes"; " the acrid smell of burning rubber" [ synonym: { pungent}, { acrid}] 2: capable of wounding; " a barbed compliment"; " a biting aphorism"; " pungent satire" [ synonym: { barbed}, { biting}, { nipping}, { pungent}, { mordacious}] Pungent \ Pun" gent\, a. [ L. pungens, - entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. { Compunction}, { Expunge}, { Poignant}, { Point}, n., { Puncheon}, { Punctilio}, { Punt}, v. t.] 1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. [ 1913 Webster] Pungent radish biting infant' s tongue. -- Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster] The pungent grains of titillating dust. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. [ 1913 Webster] With pungent pains on every side. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. -- J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) Prickly- pointed; hard and sharp. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging. [ 1913 Webster] 153 Moby Thesaurus words for " pungent": Attic, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, afflictive, agonizing, amaroidal, aphoristic, aromatic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, axiomatic, barbed, biting, bitter, bitter as gall, brilliant, caustic, clever, coarse, consuming, crab, crabbed, cramping, crisp, cruel, cutting, deafening, distressing, droll, dry, epigrammatic, escharotic, exciting, excruciating, facetious, flavorful, formulaic, formulistic, funny, gnawing, gnomic, grave, green, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh, hot, humorous, humorsome, hurtful, hurting, incisive, intense, irritating, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen- witted, lively, loud, mordant, nimble- witted, nose- piercing, nose- tickling, oppressive, painful, paroxysmal, penetrating, peppery, peppy, pickled, piercing, piquant, pithy, platitudinous, poignant, pointed, proverbial, provocative, quick- witted, racking, racy, rapier- like, reeking, rich, rough, salt, salty, sapid, sarcastic, scathing, scintillating, seasoned, sec, sententious, severe, sharp, shooting, smart, snappy, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, sparkling, spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spicy, spirited, sprightly, stabbing, stern, stimulating, stinging, strong, strong- scented, strong- smelling, succinct, suffocating, tangy, tart, tartish, tasty, terse, thundering, tormenting, torturous, trenchant, uninteresting, unripe, unsweet, unsweetened, upsetting, vinegarish, vinegary, vitriolic, vivacious, whimsical, witty, zesty
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