| Concept: | Pungency. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; taste |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
pungency, piquancy, poignancy, haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race., sharpness; acrimony; roughness (sour); unsavoriness., mustard, cayenne, caviare, horseradish; seasoning (condiment); niter, salpeter, brine; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn., dram, cordial, nip., nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid; segar; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid, old soldier, rappee, stogy.
-verbs
be pungent; bite the tongue., render pungent; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff.
-adjectives
pungent, strong; high-flavored, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough (sour); unsavory., salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife.
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| Main Entry: | acidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acridness, astringency, causticity, pungency, sourness, tartness |
| Main Entry: | bitterness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sourness |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acidity, acridity, astringency, brackishness, brininess, piquancy, pungency, sharpness, tartness, vinegariness |
Antonyms: |
sweetness |
| Main Entry: | flavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | odor and taste |
Synonyms: |
acidity, aroma, astringency, bitterness, essence, extract, gusto, hotness, piquancy, pungency, relish, saltiness, sapidity, sapor, savor, seasoning, smack, sourness, spiciness, sweetness, tang, tartness, twang, vim, wallop, zest, zing |
| Main Entry: | kick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | power, strength |
Synonyms: |
backlash, blow, boot, force, intensity, jar, jolt, pep, punch, pungency, snap, sparkle, tang, verve, vitality, zest, zing |
Antonyms: |
dullness, powerlessness, tastelessness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | odor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scent |
Synonyms: |
air, aroma, bouquet, effluvium, efflux, emanation, essence, exhalation, flavor, fragrance, musk, perfume, pungence, pungency, redolence, smell, snuff, stench, stink, tang, tincture, trail, whiff |
| Main Entry: | seasoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavoring for food |
Synonyms: |
condiment, dressing, gravy, herb, pepper, pungency, relish, salt, sauce, spice, zest |
| Notes: | herbs are, technically, plants with aerial parts used for seasoning foods and a spice (also called seasoning) is any substance used for seasoning foods; many herbs are used as spices, but not all |
| Main Entry: | spice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flavor, zest |
Synonyms: |
aroma, color, excitement, fragrance, gusto, guts*, kick, pep, piquancy, pungency, relish, salt, savor, scent, seasoning, tang, zap, zip |
Antonyms: |
blandness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | tang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | biting taste or odor |
Synonyms: |
aroma, bite, flavor, guts*, kick*, nip, piquancy, pungency, reek, relish, sapidity, sapor, savor, scent, smack*, smell, spiciness, tanginess, thrill, twang, zest, zip |
Antonyms: |
blandness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | zest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | taste, flavor |
Synonyms: |
bite, body, charm, flavoring, get-up-and-go, ginger, guts*, interest, kick*, nip, piquancy, punch*, pungency, relish, salt, savor, seasoning, smack*, snap*, spice, tang, zap, zip |
Antonyms: |
blandness, dullness |