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What is another word for
pungent
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Having a sharply strong taste or smell
Having an offensive smell or taste
Strongly stimulating or overpowering to the senses
Characterized by the use of wit, especially to offend
Strongly stimulating to one's mind
Very pleasing to the palate or taste buds
Having the smell, taste, and texture of game meat (which is typically slightly decomposed)
(
of a flavor or color
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Rich or intense
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Adjective
▲
Having a sharply strong taste or smell
acid
bitter
piquant
sour
spicy
aromatic
hot
tangy
tart
peppery
strong
seasoned
sharp
biting
salty
savory
US
savoury
UK
spiced
vinegary
zesty
zingy
fiery
nippy
rich
sharp-tasting
highly flavoured
acidic
acrid
acerb
acerbic
acetic
acidulous
acetous
harsh
tasty
highly seasoned
acidulated
flavorful
astringent
unsweetened
flavourful
UK
flavorous
sapid
flavoursome
UK
appetizing
US
tartish
flavorsome
US
sourish
appetising
UK
poignant
unpleasant
stinging
fragrant
perfumed
scented
sweet
with a kick
odoriferous
burning
racy
vinegarish
picante
odorous
distasteful
zestful
highly-seasoned
ambrosial
well-flavored
herbaceous
curried
redolent
stinking
overpowering
red hot
well seasoned
acidy
briny
fresh
zippy
balmy
full-flavored
acetose
amaroidal
sweet-smelling
stiff
effluvial
gingery
peppered
rotten
rough
unsavory
US
unpalatable
unsavoury
UK
powerful
yukky
yucky
suffocating
active
strong-smelling
austere
absinthian
absinthal
smarting
snappy
aromal
caustic
dry
keen
soured
green
camphoraceous
musky
fragranced
sharp-flavoured
strongly flavoured
aromatized
citrusy
lemony
sweet-scented
garlicky
alliaceous
crisp
not sweet
scathing
incisive
callous
sarcastic
cruel
cutting
hurtful
acrimonious
vicious
piercing
salted
saline
penetrating
mordant
salt
hard
brackish
over-salted
brak
saltish
alkaline
highly flavored
saliferous
oversalted
more ❯
“The more herbs you use, the more
pungent
the sauce will be.”
Adjective
▲
Having an offensive smell or taste
stinking
foetid
UK
fetid
US
mephitic
offensive
nauseating
odoriferous
bitter
nauseous
astringent
sickly
cloying
effluvious
smelly
reeking
malodorous
rank
noisome
putrid
whiffy
funky
reeky
foul
stinky
musty
pongy
rancid
stenchy
foul-smelling
strong
noxious
fusty
strong-smelling
niffy
miasmic
olid
evil-smelling
stale
off
acrid
rotten
miasmal
frowsty
frowzy
frowsy
ripe
niffing
high
humming
festy
tainted
sour
ill-smelling
stinking to high heaven
gamy
spoiled
US
nasty
stenchful
spoilt
UK
bad
moldy
US
mouldy
UK
decayed
decomposed
stagnant
rotting
dank
decomposing
decaying
revolting
turned
repulsive
disgusting
odiferous
skunky
lousy
disagreeable
vile
polluted
rotted
graveolent
contaminated
putrefied
inedible
putrescent
corrupt
gamey
obnoxious
unpleasant
sickening
odorous
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
strong-tasting
going off
strong-flavored
strong-flavoured
going bad
pestilential
loathsome
feculent
infested
poisonous
spoiling
harsh
dirty
acid
acidic
filthy
nidorous
wormy
moldered
US
carious
maggoty
icky
curdled
degenerated
yecchy
mouldering
UK
worm-eaten
impure
flyblown
gangrenous
putrefacient
grody
unfit for human consumption
gross
mouldered
UK
fermented
soured
putrefying
overripe
putrefactive
moldering
US
unfresh
addled
yucko
repellent
distasteful
horrible
odious
repugnant
awful
abominable
horrid
horrendous
dreadful
appalling
hideous
abhorrent
obscene
repellant
shocking
scandalous
ugly
fulsome
terrible
ghastly
squalid
disgustful
evil
airless
stuffy
baneful
mildewy
mildewed
miasmatic
bogging
unventilated
damp
very unpleasant
mucid
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
detestable
frightful
atrocious
grotty
objectionable
yucky
grubby
vomitous
gruesome
grimy
skanky
God-awful
unpalatable
diabolical
unappetizing
uninviting
beastly
loathly
pigpen
gut-churning
off-putting
stomach-churning
stomach-turning
sick-making
on the nose
vomit-inducing
more ❯
“The
pungent
smell of petrol at service stations will soon be a thing of the past under government plans to force retailers to cut cancer-causing fumes.”
Adjective
▲
Strongly stimulating or overpowering to the senses
powerful
strong
pervasive
sharp
suffocating
stifling
acrid
penetrating
burning
smarting
stinging
irritating
overpowering
stimulating
whiffy
industrial-strength
bitter
nauseating
offensive
nauseous
astringent
sickly
mephitic
heady
biting
foetid
UK
sickening
cloying
fetid
US
aromatic
“The
pungent
aroma of the pickles pervaded the entire lobby.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by the use of wit, especially to offend
cutting
caustic
scathing
sharp
biting
sarcastic
sardonic
mordant
acerbic
barbed
acid
trenchant
satirical
corrosive
bitter
satiric
snarky
acidulous
stinging
acrimonious
tart
acerb
vitriolic
acrid
scalding
acidic
incisive
venomous
pointed
mordacious
astringent
keen
critical
virulent
penetrating
piercing
devastating
waspish
acute
polemic
telling
poignant
stringent
forceful
snappy
exciting
pithy
provocative
racy
salt
witty
smart-mouthed
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
razor-edged
rapier-like
severe
nasty
scornful
vicious
harsh
spiteful
searing
derisive
malicious
mocking
hurtful
catty
cruel
salty
cynical
wounding
unkind
withering
mean
sarky
contemptuous
hostile
abrasive
scorching
ironical
brusque
taunting
disparaging
poisonous
savage
disrespectful
fierce
scoffing
sneering
ironic
offensive
chaffing
arrogant
truculent
snide
brutal
jeering
dry
rancorous
backhanded
rude
ferocious
unfriendly
carping
piquant
blistering
zesty
hateful
belittling
unsparing
derisory
zingy
savoury
UK
ridiculing
irascible
extremely critical
saucy
needling
contumelious
scurrilous
pert
slashing
twitting
austere
captious
ornery
savory
US
churlish
unblunted
weisenheiming
evil
vigorous
spicy
polemical
heartless
violent
callous
edged
strong
vindictive
wry
humorous
grim
crisp
pitiless
aggressive
abusive
cussed
curt
burlesque
powerful
peppery
irreverent
snarling
squint-eyed
disillusioned
razor-sharp
double-edged
stern
tongue-in-cheek
lively
merciless
derogatory
colourful
UK
zestful
rough
unrelenting
wise
cold
hard
insensitive
gruff
sadistic
unpleasant
ruthless
wanton
rubbing the wrong way
contentious
impertinent
tangy
spirited
sparkling
snappish
snippy
testy
acetose
short
disapproving
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
cold-blooded
lambent
disdainful
argumentative
disputatious
punchy
emphatic
passive-aggressive
forthright
driving
clear
sharp-worded
angry
thoughtless
inconsiderate
ungracious
colorful
US
explicit
distinct
effective
blunt
potent
unequivocal
edgy
all-pervading
crushing
parodying
lampooning
spoofing
paradoxical
spoof
farcical
bantering
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
twisted
malignant
malevolent
maleficent
clever
defiant
backbiting
jibing
uncomplimentary
malefic
malign
pernicious
baleful
quick-witted
splenetic
vengeful
bilious
ill-natured
evil-intentioned
insulting
denigratory
slighting
pejorative
vituperative
opprobrious
degrading
reproachful
censorious
deprecatory
demeaning
detracting
insolent
dismissive
sour
sly
sharp-tongued
hypercritical
droll
vilifying
defamatory
laconic
skeptical
US
cynic
sceptical
UK
reviling
obloquious
vituperatory
depreciatory
calumniating
surly
obnoxious
depreciative
deprecating
derogative
denigrative
decrying
detractive
crusty
scolding
maligning
calumniatory
subtle
cantankerous
fault-finding
abrupt
misanthropical
foul
uncivil
supercilious
berating
unmannerly
judgemental
quibbling
niggling
judgmental
teasing
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
slanderous
rejective
pillorying
contemptible
nitpicking
crabbed
snidey
invective
faultfinding
overcritical
exacting
superior
pernickety
negative
burning
humiliating
nagging
hairsplitting
castigating
scurrile
scurril
cavillous
traducing
demanding
upbraiding
choleric
condemning
exceptive
libellous
UK
libelous
US
censuring
full of contempt
despiteful
ill-humored
US
pass-remarkable
hair-splitting
ill-humoured
UK
nit-picking
antagonistic
wicked
unsympathetic
disingenuous
misanthropic
pessimistic
condescending
pawky
vitriolous
shrewish
venomed
rigorous
envenomed
strict
insinuating
terse
affronting
vulgar
impolite
discourteous
dripping with malice
quizzical
coruscating
sniffy
snooty
reproving
castigatory
snotty
abhorrent
deadpan
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
pettifogging
mortifying
pedantic
hard-hitting
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
snubbing
cursing
ranting
denunciatory
criticizing
US
cheeky
overbearing
haughty
egotistic
flip
fresh
offhand
waggish
sneaky
sassy
nervy
apathetic
vituperous
finicky
scandalous
cocky
gally
smart
nitpicky
out-of-line
contrary
quarrelsome
petty
petulant
for the birds
aspersive
injurious
criticising
UK
straight-faced
disagreeable
two-edged
with tongue in cheek
very critical
poker-faced
invidious
calumnious
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
uncharitable
vile
despicable
debasing
false
untrue
unfounded
bad
execrable
wretched
annoying
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
dishonorable
US
base
detestable
low
paltry
bluff
unfair
unsportsmanlike
snippety
unceremonious
mean-spirited
evil-minded
dishonourable
UK
low-minded
low-down
downright
unfavourable
UK
brusk
discrediting
unflattering
minimising
UK
unfavorable
US
cranky
grumpy
cross
diminishing
personal
deflating
dishonouring
UK
vinegary
discreditable
fiery
irritable
touchy
grouchy
ratty
peevish
dishonoring
US
aspersing
minimizing
US
prickly
querulous
crabby
moody
huffy
impatient
short-spoken
narky
chippy
dyspeptic
peckish
crotchety
eggy
tetchy
soreheaded
curmudgeonly
particular
liverish
miffy
snaky
scratchy
overnice
sorehead
passionate
complaining
spunky
judgy
short-tempered
hot-tempered
like a bear with a sore head
quick-tempered
sharp-tempered
humbling
lowering
critic
hard to please
over-censorious
more ❯
“The Duke of Norfolk, in the next row, offered
pungent
comments about one or two of them.”
Adjective
▲
Strongly stimulating to one's mind
piquant
zesty
savoury
UK
zingy
poignant
pert
savory
US
salty
spicy
exciting
provocative
racy
intriguing
interesting
lively
fascinating
spirited
stimulating
colourful
UK
sparkling
arresting
witty
scintillating
juicy
colorful
US
suggestive
titillating
risqué
salacious
tantalizing
US
hot
scandalous
sensational
entertaining
lurid
glamorous
thrilling
vivid
flamboyant
tantalising
UK
shock-horror
very interesting
characterful
unusual
gay
full of life
full of character
“But, again, these five lines, set up just as they are, tell a
pungent
story.”
Adjective
▲
Very pleasing to the palate or taste buds
tasty
delicious
appetising
UK
appetizing
US
delectable
palatable
scrumptious
luscious
toothsome
flavoursome
UK
yummy
flavorful
flavorsome
US
flavourful
UK
succulent
delish
mouthwatering
savoury
UK
dainty
juicy
savory
US
flavorous
flavory
lush
scrummy
moreish
piquant
spicy
tasteful
ambrosial
inviting
tempting
toothy
yummo
divine
lekker
peng
sapid
sweetened
zestful
full-flavoured
mouth-watering
good-tasting
yum-yum
full-flavored
finger-licking
sugar-coated
sweet
heavenly
good
delightful
pleasant
nice
pleasing
agreeable
enjoyable
pleasurable
gratifying
satisfying
welcome
felicitous
delightsome
congenial
jolly
dreamy
grateful
blessed
pretty
dulcet
blest
darling
rich
ambrosian
choice
nectareous
nectarean
nummy
lovely
appealing
wonderful
tangy
comestible
saporous
nectarous
enchanting
enticing
fine
great
exquisite
entertaining
magnificent
amusing
engaging
charming
fabulous
terrific
edible
eatable
aperitive
out of this world
adorable
nutritious
nutritive
splendid
magical
rare
sublime
grand
glorious
fantastic
favorable
US
favourable
UK
magic
brilliant
lip-smacking
refreshing
peachy
winning
marvellous
UK
diverting
swell
digestible
neat
esculent
eating
fun
marvelous
US
mellow
saporific
savorous
wholesome
very palatable
very enjoyable
pleasant-tasting
harmless
nourishing
fit
full-bodied
alluring
fit to eat
cheering
likable
US
rapturous
thrilling
sensational
exciting
likeable
UK
fab
super
fit for a king
smashing
brill
ducky
cool
to your liking
beaut
to one's liking
to one's taste
ripping
cracking
corking
spiffing
champion
capital
topping
wizard
bonzer
beezer
frabjous
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
top-hole
tender
ripe
well-seasoned
well-prepared
full of flavor
tantalising
UK
desirable
tantalizing
US
gorgeous
cheerful
finger-lickin'
moist
honeyed
consumable
sumptuous
nectarious
replayable
aromatic
ingestible
genial
appreciated
heartening
soothing
drinkable
groovy
relishing
highly-flavoured
snug
welcoming
relaxing
silvery
rewarding
wanted
eatworthy
soft
golden
highly flavored
mooi
acceptable
sensual
dandy
fulfilling
pleasureful
valuable
beautiful
constructive
spiffy
welcomed
beneficial
safe to eat
much needed
gladly received
fair
fit for human consumption
attractive
good to eat
fit to be eaten
full of flavour
kosher
culinary
dietary
safe
fit for consumption
fit to be consumed
fascinating
captivating
ravishing
blissful
cheery
ineffable
very pleasurable
very attractive
very agreeable
greatly to one's liking
very pleasant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having the smell, taste, and texture of game meat (which is typically slightly decomposed)
gamy
gamey
wild
earthy
irony
livery
swampy
strong-flavored
strong-tasting
strong-smelling
slightly off
unpleasantly tangy
malodorous
reeking
rank
smelly
stinking
rotting
tainted
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
rancid
off
pongy
niffy
noisome
funky
miasmic
whiffy
fetid
US
going off
foetid
UK
high
going bad
putrid
strong-flavoured
Adjective
▲
(
of a flavor or color
)
Rich or intense
full
strong
intense
rich
spicy
buttery
creamy
deep
fattening
fatty
heavy
oily
rounded
succulent
vivid
bold
calorific
cloying
concentrated
potent
powerful
vibrant
warm
big
heady
lusty
muscular
plush
robust
full-bodied
aromatic
piquant
provocative
overwhelming
fierce
acute
extreme
great
severe
profound
harsh
serious
intensive
exquisite
exceptional
supreme
enormous
extraordinary
explosive
violent
forceful
vehement
high
major
dreadful
furious
terrible
excruciating
vicious
fearsome
keen
excessive
vigorous
hellacious
ferocious
almighty
drastic
consuming
hard
ghastly
fearful
frightful
blistering
heavy-duty
intensified
unqualified
marked
tough
protracted
agonizing
US
close
heightened
towering
penetrating
biting
agonising
UK
undue
exaggerated
forcible
diligent
piercing
bitter
all-consuming
cutting
stinging
mother of all
strained
shrill
red-hot
sharp
more ❯
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