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pungent
(encz) | pungent,bodavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,čpící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,kousavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,ostrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,palčivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,pichlavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,pronikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungent
(encz) | pungent,štiplavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pungent
(gcide) | 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.
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Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
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The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
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2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic;
stinging.
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With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
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His pungent pen played its part in rousing the
nation. --J. R. Green.
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3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
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Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen;
acrimonious; biting; stinging.
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pungent
(wn) | pungent
adj 1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the
acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: pungent, acrid]
2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious] |
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pungent
(encz) | pungent,bodavý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,čpící adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,kousavý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,ostrý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,palčivý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,pichlavý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,pronikavý adj: Zdeněk Brožpungent,štiplavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pungently
(encz) | pungently,pronikavě např. chutnat adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Pungently
(gcide) | Pungently \Pun"gent*ly\, adv.
In a pungent manner; sharply.
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pungent
(wn) | pungent
adj 1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the
acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: pungent, acrid]
2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: barbed, biting,
nipping, pungent, mordacious] |
pungently
(wn) | pungently
adv 1: with pungency; in a pungent manner; "he wrote pungently
about his contemporaries"
2: with a pungent taste or smell; "the soup was pungently
flavored" |
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