"pungent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt/ Audio: en-us-pungent.ogg 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, {{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), pungente [Ecuador] (Spanish), stickande (Swedish), ฉุน (chǔn) (Thai), hăng (Vietnamese), gắt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-7KT1CMSL Disambiguation of Smell: 55 32 7 5 Disambiguation of 'having a strong odour': 41 27 4 28
  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 69 10
  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), pungente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pungent-en-adj-OpfXqWE4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Assamese translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 3 5 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 7 16 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 4 10 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 3 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 23 11 20 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Assamese translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 20 13 17 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 11 15 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 8 19 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 14 18 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 9 17 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 7 17 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 11 14 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 6 14 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 19 6 14 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 15 12 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 22 19 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 12 16 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 6 14 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 19 9 17 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 6 14 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 12 16 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 21 15 15 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 20 12 16 51 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), acre (Spanish), acerbo (Spanish), pungente [Ecuador] (Spanish), skarp (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'having a strong flavor': 34 35 6 25
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          "roman": "xīnlà",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "辛辣"
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "salace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "pungente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "tagliente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "mordace"
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        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "caustico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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        {
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
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        {
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          "roman": "jédkij",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "óstryj",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "о́стрый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "punzante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 5 2 86",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
          "word": "pungente"
        }
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pikanten",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "пикантен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ostrý"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "palčivý"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "výrazný"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "drimús",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "ass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "erivŭ",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "എരിവ്"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "keskin",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "كسكین"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "înțepător"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tigma",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "तिग्म"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "acre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "acerbo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador"
      ],
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "34 35 6 25",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "skarp"
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Assamese translations",
    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Smell"
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      "name": "bor"
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          "text": "I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected.",
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          "ref": "1951 February, “Notes and News: Lynton & Barnstaple Remains”, in Railway Magazine, page 136:",
          "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:",
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        "(figurative) Stinging; acerbic."
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        "(botany) Having a sharp and stiff point."
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        "botany",
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "kẽha",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "কেঁহা"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóstry",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во́стры"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ostǎr",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "остър"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "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",
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      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "δριμύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oxýs",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "οξύς"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "αψύς"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "word": "δριμύς"
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    {
      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong odour",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador"
      ],
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "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": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "acre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "word": "acerbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a strong flavor",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador"
      ],
      "word": "pungente"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having a sharp and stiff point",
      "word": "pungente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pungent"
}

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