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Adjective: pungent  pún-junt
  1. Strong and sharp
    "the pungent taste of radishes"
    - acrid
     
  2. Capable of wounding
    "pungent satire"
    - barbed, biting, nipping, mordacious

See also: pungency, pungently, sarcastic, tasty

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