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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Pungent (0.02998 detik)
Found 4 items, similar to Pungent.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: pungent
tajam
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: pungent
breng-brengan, pedas, sengak
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pungent
pungent
adj 1: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell;
“tasting
the pungent wood sorrel”;
“pungent curry”;
“a pungent
smell of burning sulfur” [ant:
bland]
2: capable of wounding;
“a barbed compliment”;
“a biting
aphorism”;
“pungent satire” [syn:
barbed,
biting,
nipping,
mordacious]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pungent
Pungent
\Pun"gent\, a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere,
punctum, to prick. Cf.
Compunction,
Expunge,
Poignant,
Point, n.,
Puncheon,
Punctilio,
Punt, v. t.]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
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Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
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The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
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2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic;
stinging.
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With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
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His pungent pen played its part in rousing the
nation. --J. R. Green.
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3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
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Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen;
acrimonious; biting; stinging.
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