pungency

pungency
n
1. 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.

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  • pungency — pungent ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharply strong taste or smell. 2) (of remarks or humour) sharp and caustic. DERIVATIVES pungency noun pungently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin pungere to prick …   English terms dictionary

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