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单词 pungent
释义
pungent
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌn.dʒənt/us
/ˈpʌn.dʒənt/
smellingortastingverystrongandsharp:
the pungentwhiffof agoat山羊发出的刺鼻膻味
Isatdown to acupofwonderfullypungentTurkishcoffee.我坐下来喝了一杯味道浓醇的土耳其咖啡。
Synonyms
fetidformal
funky(BAD)USinformal
malodorousformal
niffyUKinformal
putrid(DECAYED)
rank(SMELL)
smelly
stinkinginformal
stinkyinformal
whiffyUKinformal
Opposites
fragrant
perfumed
scented
literary
spokenor written in a way that has astrongeffect:
pungentcriticism/commentary尖刻的批评／评论
She is very good at writing pungent,funnydialogue.
More examples
  • Theairisfullof the pungentodorofchickenhousesandpigfarms.
  • You couldwearthin,disposablegloveswhen youhandlegarlic,onion,fish, or other pungentfoods.
  • Fishsauceissaltyand pungent.
  • Peoplelovea pungentquotation, awittymaxim.
  • Perhaps the most pungent andaffectingcommentcame from ayoungAfricanAmerican woman: "I don't get why we'refightingfor somebody else'sfreedomwhen webarelyhaveourown."
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Smells & smelling
Not pleasant to eat or drink
Literature
Having a powerful effect

Related words

pungency
pungently
(Definition ofpungentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
pungent
adjective
uk
/ˈpʌn.dʒənt/us
/ˈpʌn.dʒənt/
A pungentsmellortasteis verystrong, sometimesunpleasantlystrong.
（气味）刺鼻的；（味道）强烈的
the pungentwhiffof agoat山羊发出的刺鼻膻味
Isatdown to acupofwonderfullypungentTurkishcoffee.我坐下来喝了一杯味道浓醇的土耳其咖啡。
literary
Pungentspeechor writing is verystronglyfelt.
（话语或文章）尖刻的，尖锐的
pungentcriticism/commentary尖刻的批评／评论

pungent| American Dictionary

pungent
adjective
us
/ˈpʌn·dʒənt/
(of asmellortaste) verystrong, sometimes in anunpleasantway:
pungentodors
(Definition ofpungentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpungent

pungent
Pungentand sour with a bit annoying.
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Sewage refuse and other matter create some unsightly conditions andpungentodours and anxiety has also been expressed about bathing from polluted beaches.
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The comments of practical men in commerce have been no lesspungent.
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No reader of this brief,pungentreport could reasonably come to any other conclusion.
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I am too moderate in my statements, but both those verypungentquotations, one from.
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The air is full of thepungentsmell of horse manure rather than the acrid stench of incineration.
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He can be relied upon to produce apungent, independent and articulate approach.
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There must be somepungentand powerful reason, therefore, why, in fact, they have not, despite the difficulties involved in so doing.
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Indeed, the nearer to the miserable coal-face of our battered economy, the morepungentthe criticism.
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I wanted to go into a little more detail with one or twopungentremarks.
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We have recently had some ratherpungentexamples of the vicious effects of trade restrictions.
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Often, the meat is detected by nothing more than itspungentsmell.
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I believe it would do far more damage to morale than any of the biting, sarcastic,pungentarticles which appear in that paper.
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Would not our righteous protests against this reprehensible practice be morepungentif we had never done any jamming ourselves?
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He poured scorn on a page which, it is true, was written in rather brusque andpungentlanguage; he said that it was scurrilous.
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