Pungent


Synonyms for pungent
adj highly flavored

spicy
bitter
poignant
piquant
stinging
aromatic
peppery

sour
salty
tangy
sharp
acid
acrid
hot

racy
rich
seasoned
snappy
stinking
strong
tart

zesty
effluvious
nosey
odoriferous
whiffy

Antonyms for pungent

pleasant
kind
blah
cheerful
flavorless

bland
dull
tasteless
mild
sweet

nice
good
calm
blunt
happy

Synonyms
adj sharp, stinging in speech

barbed
spicy
scathing
incisive
trenchant
poignant
piercing
peppery

salty
caustic
telling
biting
bitter
acrimonious
acute
cutting

exciting
hot
keen
mordant
penetrating
pointed
provocative
racy

salt
sarcastic
snappy
stimulating
stringent
zesty

Antonyms

kind
pleasant
soothing
blah
flavorless

bland
dull
nice
gentle
weak

calm
mild
sweet
tasteless

Other adjectives related to pungent

acrid
brackish
gamy
hot
mordant
pungent
saline
salt as brine
stinging

acrimonious
briny
high-flavored
hot as pepper
peppery
racy
salt
seasoned
strong

biting
escharotic
high-seasoned
meracious
piperitious
rough
salt as Lot’s wife
sharp
unsavory

bitter
full-flavored
high-tasted
mordacious
piquant
saliferous
salt as a herring
spicy
vellicating

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