Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pungent
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1. Something that is pungent has a strong, sharp smell or taste which is often so strong that it is unpleasant. The more herbs you use, the more pungent the sauce will be. ...the pungent smell of burning rubber. ? delicate ADJ • pungency ...the spices that give Jamaican food its pungency. N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss 2. If you describe what someone has said or written as pungent, you approve of it because it has a direct and powerful effect and often criticizes something very cleverly. (FORMAL) He enjoyed the play’s shrewd and pungent social analysis. ADJ c darkgreen]approval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, pungens, present participle of pungere to prick, sting; akin to Latin pugnus fist, pugnare to fight, Greek pygme fist Date: 1597 1. sharply painful 2. having a stiff and sharp point ~ leaves 3. a. marked by a sharp incisive quality ; caustic a ~ critic ~ language b. being sharp and to the point 4. a. causing a sharp or irritating sensation; especially acrid b. having an intense flavor or odor a ~ chili • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, piquant, poignant, racy mean sharp and stimulating to the mind or the senses. ~ implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors a cheese with a ~ odor. piquant suggests a power to whet the appetite or interest through tartness or mild pungency a piquant sauce. poignant suggests something is sharply or piercingly effective in stirring one's emotions felt a poignant sense of loss. racy implies having a strongly characteristic natural quality fresh and unimpaired spontaneous, racy prose. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 having a sharp or strong taste or smell, esp. so as to produce a pricking sensation. 2 (of remarks) penetrating, biting, caustic. 3 mentally stimulating. 4 Biol. having a sharp point. Derivatives pungency n. pungently adv. Etymology: L pungent- pres. part. of pungere prick ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. жгучий; резкий pungent pain —- жгучая (резкая) боль pungent smell —- резкий (сильный) запах 2. острый, пикантный, едкий pungent sauce —- острый (пикантный) соус pungent gas —- едкий газ 3. острый, колкий, язвительный pungent sarcasm —- едкий сарказм pungent epigram —- язвительная (едкая) эпиграмма a city of pungent contrasts —- город разительных контрастов 4. бот. острый, остроконечный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1597, from L. pungentem (nom. pungens), prp. of pungere "to prick, pierce, sting," related to pugnus "fist." Meaning "having powerful odor or taste" first recorded 1668. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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