pungency – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
pungency
n.
piquancy, sharpness (of flavor, odor, etc.); cleverness, wittiness; causticness, having a stinging or sarcastic quality
Pungency
Pungency is the condition of having a strong, sharp
smell or
taste that is often so strong that it is unpleasant.
Pungency is the technical term used by scientists to refer to the characteristic of food commonly referred to as
spiciness or
hotness and sometimes
heat, which is found in foods such as
chili peppers.
pungency
Noun
1. wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
(synonym) bite
(hypernym) wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
2. a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard"; "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange spices"
(synonym) bite, sharpness
(hypernym) spiciness, spice, spicery
Pungency
(n.)
The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
pungency
Synonyms and related words:
acerbity, acescency, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, astringence, astringency, bitter pill, bitterness, brilliance, causticity, cleverness, dash, dryness, facetiousness, funniness, gall, gall and wormwood, greenness, headiness, humorousness, hyperacidity, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen-wittedness, keenness, liveliness, nimble-wittedness, odorousness, pep, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy, quick-wittedness, raciness, saltiness, sharpness, smartness, smelliness, sour, sourishness, sourness, sparkle, spirit, subacidity, tartishness, tartness, unripeness, unsweetness, verjuice, verve, vinegariness, vinegarishness, vivacity, vividness, wittiness
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
