| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, stinging in speech |
Synonyms: |
acrimonious, acute, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, cutting, exciting, hot, incisive, keen, mordant, penetrating, peppery, piercing, poignant, pointed, provocative, racy, salt, salty, sarcastic, scathing, snappy, spicy, stimulating, stringent, telling, trenchant, zesty |
| Notes: | having a sharp taste is pungent and having a pleasingly sharp taste is piquant; pungent first meant 'keenly painful or distressing' |
Antonyms: |
dull, mild |
| Main Entry: | salty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flavored with sodium chloride |
Synonyms: |
acrid, alkaline, brackish, briny, highly flavored, oversalted, pungent, saliferous, saline, salt, salted, saltish, sour |
Antonyms: |
bland, unsalted, unsalty |
| Main Entry: | pungent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
pungent, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, brackish, briny, escharotic, full-flavored, gamy, high-flavored, high-seasoned, high-tasted, hot, hot as pepper, meracious, mordacious, mordant, peppery, piperitious, piquant, racy, rough, saliferous, saline, salt, salt as Lot's wife, salt as a herring, salt as brine, seasoned, sharp, spicy, stinging, strong, unsavory, vellicating
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