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