Definitions
Having a strong, sharp smell or taste.
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin pungens (stem pungent-), present participle of pungo (“to sting”). Doublet of poignant.
Used in a sentence
“I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected.”
“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.”
“I can almost smell the fir scent... resinous, pungent.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Sharp to the nose”7 letters
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