- pungency
- n1. acridity, sting, acrid taste or smell; sourness, tang, tartness, bitterness, nip, acidity, vinegar; savoriness, spiciness, flavorfulness, pepperiness, saltiness.2. poignance, pathos, touchingness, patheticalness, piteousness; distressfulness, painfulness, heartbreak, sadness, melancholiness, sorrowfulness, seriousness; evocativeness, emotionalism, intensity, profoundness, keenness, acuteness; forlornness, woefulness, wistfulness.3. causticity, trenchancy, incisiveness, cuttingness, mordancy; acrimony, acrimoniousness, sharpness, harshness, severity; sarcasm, edge, pointedness; sar-donicism, cynicism, contemptuousness.4. piquancy, provocativeness, stimulation, excitation; spirit, liveliness, electricity, wittiness, ginger, snap.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.