Usually means: Strong, sharp smell or taste.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. pungent: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pungent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pungent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pungent: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pungent: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pungent, pungent: Wordnik
  7. pungent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. pungent: Wiktionary
  9. pungent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. pungent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. pungent: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Pungent, pungent: Dictionary.com
  13. pungent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. pungent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pungent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pungent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pungent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pungent: Rhymezone
  19. pungent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pungent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. pungent: Free Dictionary
  22. pungent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. pungent: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. pungent: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. pungent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Cheese Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Tea Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pungent: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pungent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pungent: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Bryological (No longer online)
  3. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  4. Pungent: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pungent: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pungent: Glossary of Cheese Terms
  2. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)

(Note: See pungently as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
adjective:  Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
adjective:  (figurative) Stinging; acerbic.
adjective:  (botany) Having a sharp and stiff point.

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