"pungent" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt/ Audio: en-us-pungent.ogg [US] Forms: more pungent [comparative], most pungent [superlative]
enPR: pŭnjənt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pungens (stem pungent-), present participle of pungo (“to sting”). Doublet of poignant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|pungens}} Latin pungens, {{m|la||pungent-}} pungent-, {{m|la|pungo||to sting}} pungo (“to sting”), {{doublet|en|poignant}} Doublet of poignant Head templates: {{en-adj}} pungent (comparative more pungent, superlative most pungent)
  1. Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances. Categories (topical): Smell Translations (having a strong odour): δριμύς (drimús) (Ancient Greek), কেঁহা (kẽha) (Assamese), во́стры (vóstry) [masculine] (Belarusian), остър (ostǎr) (Bulgarian), 刺鼻 (cìbí) (Chinese Mandarin), štiplavý (Czech), pronikavý (Czech), čpavý (Czech), scherp (Dutch), stekend (Dutch), pistävä (Finnish), âcre (French), stechend (German), beißend (German), penetrant (German), δριμύς (drimýs) (Greek), οξύς (oxýs) (Greek), αψύς (apsýs) (Greek), szúrós szagú (Hungarian), csípős (Hungarian), borb (Irish), pungente (Italian), acre (Italian), kodīgs (Latvian), sīvs (Latvian), kanekane (Maori), كسكین (keskin) (Ottoman Turkish), înțepător (Romanian), е́дкий (jédkij) (Russian), о́стрый (óstryj) (Russian), acre (Spanish), stickande (Swedish), ฉุน (chǔn) (Thai), hăng (Vietnamese), gắt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-7KT1CMSL Disambiguation of Smell: 55 33 7 5 Disambiguation of 'having a strong odour': 42 28 4 26
  2. Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-62Zeql8b
  3. (figurative) Stinging; acerbic. Tags: figuratively Translations (stinging (remark or critique)): kousavý (Czech), sžíravý (Czech), jizlivý (Czech)
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-ZXXY2qjB Disambiguation of 'stinging (remark or critique)': 11 10 70 9
  4. (botany) Having a sharp and stiff point. Categories (topical): Botany Translations (having a sharp and stiff point): во́стры (vóstry) [masculine] (Belarusian), заострен (zaostren) (Bulgarian), 辛辣 (xīnlà) (Chinese Mandarin), scherp (Dutch), pointu [masculine] (French), piquant [masculine] (French), δηκτικός (diktikós) (Greek), καυστικός (kafstikós) (Greek), éles (Hungarian), árvégű (Hungarian), hegyes (Hungarian), szúrós (Hungarian), salace (Italian), pungente (Italian), tagliente (Italian), mordace (Italian), caustico (Italian), sferzante (Italian), ass (Latvian), smails (Latvian), е́дкий (jédkij) (Russian), о́стрый (óstryj) (Russian), punzante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-OpfXqWE4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 3 6 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 7 9 63 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'having a sharp and stiff point': 7 5 2 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pungence, pungency, pungently Translations (having a strong flavor): δριμύς (drimús) (Ancient Greek), пикантен (pikanten) (Bulgarian), ostrý (Czech), palčivý (Czech), výrazný (Czech), ass (Latvian), എരിവ് (erivŭ) (Malayalam), كسكین (keskin) (Ottoman Turkish), înțepător (Romanian), तिग्म (tigma) (Sanskrit), skarp (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'having a strong flavor': 34 35 6 25

Verb [Latin]

Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} pungent
  1. third-person plural future active indicative of pungō Tags: active, form-of, future, indicative, plural, third-person Form of: pungō
    Sense id: en-pungent-la-verb-eM~RLEls Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases.",
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          "ref": "1991, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: American Christmas, Dark Horse Books",
          "text": "I can almost smell the fir scent... resinous, pungent.",
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          "word": "csípős"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "borb"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "kodīgs"
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          "word": "kanekane"
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "keskin",
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jédkij",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "е́дкий"
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óstryj",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "о́стрый"
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "acre"
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
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          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "chǔn",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "ฉุน"
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        {
          "_dis1": "42 28 4 26",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "having a strong odour",
          "word": "hăng"
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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          "text": "The critic gave a pungent review."
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        "(figurative) Stinging; acerbic."
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        "(botany) Having a sharp and stiff point."
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          "code": "be",
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "zaostren",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "word": "δηκτικός"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kafstikós",
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          "word": "καυστικός"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "árvégű"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "hegyes"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "szúrós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "salace"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "caustico"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "sferzante"
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          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "ass"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "smails"
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          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jédkij",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "е́дкий"
        },
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          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óstryj",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "о́стрый"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "punzante"
        }
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      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pikanten",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "пикантен"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ostrý"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "palčivý"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "výrazný"
    },
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      "roman": "drimús",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
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      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ass"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "erivŭ",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "എരിവ്"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keskin",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "كسكین"
    },
    {
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "înțepător"
    },
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      "roman": "tigma",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "तिग्म"
    },
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      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "skarp"
    }
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kẽha",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "কেঁহা"
    },
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóstry",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́стры"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ostǎr",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "остър"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "cìbí",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "刺鼻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "štiplavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "pronikavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "čpavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "scherp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "stekend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "pistävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "âcre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "stechend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "beißend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "penetrant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "drimýs",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oxýs",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "οξύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apsýs",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "αψύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "drimús",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "szúrós szagú"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "csípős"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "borb"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "acre"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "kodīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "sīvs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "kanekane"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keskin",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "كسكین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "înțepător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jédkij",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "е́дкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óstryj",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "о́стрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "acre"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "stickande"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "chǔn",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "ฉุน"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "hăng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "gắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pikanten",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "пикантен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ostrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "palčivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "výrazný"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "drimús",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ass"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "erivŭ",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "എരിവ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keskin",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "كسكین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "înțepător"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tigma",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "तिग्म"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "skarp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stinging (remark or critique)",
      "word": "kousavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stinging (remark or critique)",
      "word": "sžíravý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "stinging (remark or critique)",
      "word": "jizlivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóstry",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́стры"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaostren",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "заострен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnlà",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "辛辣"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "scherp"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pointu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piquant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diktikós",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "δηκτικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kafstikós",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "καυστικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "éles"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "árvégű"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "hegyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "szúrós"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "salace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "tagliente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "mordace"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "caustico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "sferzante"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "ass"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "smails"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jédkij",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "е́дкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óstryj",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "о́стрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "punzante"
    }
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  "word": "pungent"
}

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