1. Verb
Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
2. Verb
Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging.
3. Verb
Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
4. Adjective
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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