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Grammar : Noun
Spell : puhn-juhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn dʒənt



Definition of pungency

Origin :
  • 1640s, from pungent + -cy.
  • As in kick : noun power, strength
  • As in odor : noun scent
  • As in seasoning : noun flavoring for food
  • As in spice : noun flavor, zest
  • As in tang : noun biting taste or odor
  • As in zest : noun taste, flavor
  • As in bitterness : noun sourness
  • As in raciness : noun sharpness
  • As in acidity : noun bitterness
  • As in sapor : noun flavor
  • As in flavor : noun odor and taste
Example sentences :
  • An illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • At the same instant came an elusive whiff of pungency on the chill.
  • Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • Ripe berries lose in pungency and also fall off and are lost.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 3 [March 1901] » by Various
  • It is the flavour of all things like the pungency of pepper.
  • Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki
  • Taste the residue and cayenne may be recognized by its pungency.
  • Extract from : « Detection of the Common Food Adulterants » by Edwin M. Bruce
  • Mr Thresh succeeded in obtaining an alkaloid from the capsicum, but this was entirely wanting in acridity and pungency.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • How the freshness of this seasoning contrasts with the pungency of the spices which relieve it!
  • Extract from : « Luxury-Gluttony: » by Eugne Sue
  • There is a liveliness and pungency to this water which makes it a pleasant beverage.
  • Extract from : « Saratoga and How to See It » by R. F. Dearborn
  • But there was a dense cloud of cigar smoke in the room, and mingled with its pungency were sweeter scents.
  • Extract from : « Dope » by Sax Rohmer
  • It is full of quiet, sometimes grim, humour; of picturesque and witty touches; of pungency and irony.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the Study of Browning » by Arthur Symons

Synonyms for pungency

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