- Types Of Speech
- You can use pungent as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Pungent
- A 2 syllables article and 7 letters with the letters e, g, n, p, t, and u, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter g. Pungent starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pu, pun, pung, punge, and the ending characters are t, nt, ent, gent, ngent, ..
- Definition
- Sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell of burning sulfur"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, pungent has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are pun, and gent.
- School Grade
- Pungent is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with t, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is pungent a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Pungent in Pig Latin is said as "ungentpay or ungentpway".
- Unigram
- p | u | n | g | e | n | t
- Bigram
- pu | un | ng | ge | en | nt
- Trigram
- pun | ung | nge | gen | ent
- Quadrigram
- pung | unge | ngen | gent
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell;
"tasting the pungent wood sorrel";
"pungent curry";
"a pungent smell of burning sulfur"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- capable of wounding;
"a barbed compliment";
"a biting aphorism";
"pungent satire"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
Acerb | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Acerbate | make sour or bitter |
Acerbic | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Acescent | |
Acetose | tasting like vinegar |
Acetous | tasting like vinegar |
Acid | street name for lysergic acid diethylamide |
Acidity | the property of being acidic |
Acrid | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
View all cognitive synonyms for Pungent
Antonym | Definition |
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Bland | lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics "a bland pudding" "a bland diet for her irritated stomach" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Pungent | sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell "tasting the pungent wood sorrel" "pungent curry" "a pungent smell of burning sulfur" |
View English words with the unique letters used in pungent. Words With The Letters Egnptu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Acrid | harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
Gingery | (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; "a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes"; "a ginger kitten" |
Hot | marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market" |
Peppery | having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce" |
See Also | Definition |
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Tasteful | free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Pungent (7 letters) | 10 | 15 | pungent |
Pungent Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters