Pungent
adjective
Having a strong smell or taste that is sharp and often unpleasant.
The pungent smell of garlic filled the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- pungent smell
- pungent taste
adjective
Very noticeable, powerful, or strong.
Her pungent criticism of the plan made everyone reconsider their positions.
Often appears as...
- pungent criticism
- pungent comment
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Having a strong smell or taste that is sharp and often unpleasant.
The pungent smell of garlic filled the kitchen.
Often appears as...
- pungent smell
- pungent taste
adjective
Very noticeable, powerful, or strong.
Her pungent criticism of the plan made everyone reconsider their positions.
Often appears as...
- pungent criticism
- pungent comment
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Pungent often describes strong smells or tastes that make a big impression on your senses.
The pungent aroma of blue cheese can be overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Pungent is usually used negatively to describe smells and tastes that are overpowering and unpleasant.
He couldn't stay in the room because of the pungent stench.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
Pungent smells or flavors can cause a physical reaction, like wrinkling your nose or watering eyes.
Cutting the onions released a pungent odor that made her eyes water.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Pungent often describes strong smells or tastes that make a big impression on your senses.
The pungent aroma of blue cheese can be overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Pungent is usually used negatively to describe smells and tastes that are overpowering and unpleasant.
He couldn't stay in the room because of the pungent stench.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
Pungent smells or flavors can cause a physical reaction, like wrinkling your nose or watering eyes.
Cutting the onions released a pungent odor that made her eyes water.
Pro Tip 1/3Sensory Impact
Pungent often describes strong smells or tastes that make a big impression on your senses.
The pungent aroma of blue cheese can be overwhelming.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Pungent is usually used negatively to describe smells and tastes that are overpowering and unpleasant.
He couldn't stay in the room because of the pungent stench.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Reaction
Pungent smells or flavors can cause a physical reaction, like wrinkling your nose or watering eyes.
Cutting the onions released a pungent odor that made her eyes water.
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Welcome to the Body Farm...
even like a dead animal it's not like a mouse that's behind your wall that dies I mean it's a it's a pungent sweet smell you never forget it the researchers focus on details that would revolt most people such as blackened skin an important clue in establishing time of
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
might remember joining him for that drive and they actually have quite a strong pungent smell and that's one of the smells for some reason I can pick up on very easily so I'm forever keeping a smell out for you guys there's also the striped hyena which is a little bit
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Beverly + Dereck...
and it showered us with leaves and a pungent smell. And of course, we were stunned for a while, but when we managed to get our wits about us, we looked at it and said, "My gosh, what's going to happen with that little cub? She's probably going to forever associate
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Danica Patrick Eats a...
and for years, I always used to eat them like this. What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect.
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Innocent Drug Mule PIPE...
pungent and you may get stopped but he put that type of wood you're not allowed to travel with because the weird smell he says just open up the rocks I can leave them at the window and air them and that was it he said I'll see you tomorrow
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Why do we have hair in...
Why we have hair in other regions is... more pungent. Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse.
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What causes body odor? -...
A pungent blend of onions, cheese, and cat urine with hints of is that…wet goat? Most of us don’t need more than one whiff to identify that generally unpleasant, characteristic smell we call body odor.
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Apache Youth Reclaim...
that there's a rich pungent aura that I'm supposed to carry to transfer to touch the little girl's heart that needs it and that needs to get told hey you're special you're gonna change the world I
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Cat, Raccoon, or...
Pangolin much to the civets delight the toothless Pangolin gives off a pungent scent when it's threatening this is supposed to scare off the civet instead
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Corpse Flower Stinks of...
flower and this one is a male from its center comes the pungent odour of death
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Welcome to the Body Farm...
even like a dead animal it's not like a mouse that's behind your wall that dies I mean it's a it's a pungent sweet smell you never forget it the researchers focus on details that would revolt most people such as blackened skin an important clue in establishing time of
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
might remember joining him for that drive and they actually have quite a strong pungent smell and that's one of the smells for some reason I can pick up on very easily so I'm forever keeping a smell out for you guys there's also the striped hyena which is a little bit
Video examples
Beverly + Dereck...
and it showered us with leaves and a pungent smell. And of course, we were stunned for a while, but when we managed to get our wits about us, we looked at it and said, "My gosh, what's going to happen with that little cub? She's probably going to forever associate
Video examples
Danica Patrick Eats a...
and for years, I always used to eat them like this. What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect.
Video examples
Innocent Drug Mule PIPE...
pungent and you may get stopped but he put that type of wood you're not allowed to travel with because the weird smell he says just open up the rocks I can leave them at the window and air them and that was it he said I'll see you tomorrow
Video examples
Why do we have hair in...
Why we have hair in other regions is... more pungent. Our armpits, nipples, and pubic areas are dotted with apocrine glands. They produce oily, smelly secretions which the thick, curly hair that often grows in these spots helps disperse.
Video examples
What causes body odor? -...
A pungent blend of onions, cheese, and cat urine with hints of is that…wet goat? Most of us don’t need more than one whiff to identify that generally unpleasant, characteristic smell we call body odor.
Video examples
Apache Youth Reclaim...
that there's a rich pungent aura that I'm supposed to carry to transfer to touch the little girl's heart that needs it and that needs to get told hey you're special you're gonna change the world I
Video examples
Cat, Raccoon, or...
Pangolin much to the civets delight the toothless Pangolin gives off a pungent scent when it's threatening this is supposed to scare off the civet instead
Video examples
Corpse Flower Stinks of...
flower and this one is a male from its center comes the pungent odour of death
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
Those who know me well will tell you that I love a market, and when I say market, I mean food market. No matter where in the world, they allow me to soak up the culture, to hear the rhythmic chattering of the local people and traders, and take in the all-important smells, pungent and intoxicating.
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Carmen Ejogo
British Actress
I make a really delicious eggplant and squash curry that's inspired by Vij of Vij's Restaurant, a great chef and restaurateur in Vancouver. I like to cook that dish because it's really simple, but the flavor is so pungent and intense that I feel like I'm a real chef whenever I create it.
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Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.
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Phillipa Soo
American Actress
At night, I'll do coconut oil or almond oil on my face as a mask to replenish my skin. I've found those are so simple but work better than any other product. Coconut oil is so good, but if you don't want to smell like a cookie, sweet almond oil isn't as pungent.
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Louis Aragon
French Poet
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
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Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I have been around in Pune. I was here to shoot my first film, 'Beyond The Clouds,' at a vegetable market. I remember the pungent smells were so overwhelming, and I've seen the biggest jackfruits and pumpkins there. It was a fun experience.
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Sissy Spacek
American Actress
There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on me so early in life. I already had my core when I left my little town in Texas.
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Robert Southey
English Poet
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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John Dryden
English Poet
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
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Octave Mirbeau
French Writer
When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
Those who know me well will tell you that I love a market, and when I say market, I mean food market. No matter where in the world, they allow me to soak up the culture, to hear the rhythmic chattering of the local people and traders, and take in the all-important smells, pungent and intoxicating.
Quote examples
Carmen Ejogo
British Actress
I make a really delicious eggplant and squash curry that's inspired by Vij of Vij's Restaurant, a great chef and restaurateur in Vancouver. I like to cook that dish because it's really simple, but the flavor is so pungent and intense that I feel like I'm a real chef whenever I create it.
Quote examples
Anthony Bourdain
American Author
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.
Quote examples
Phillipa Soo
American Actress
At night, I'll do coconut oil or almond oil on my face as a mask to replenish my skin. I've found those are so simple but work better than any other product. Coconut oil is so good, but if you don't want to smell like a cookie, sweet almond oil isn't as pungent.
Quote examples
Louis Aragon
French Poet
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
Quote examples
Ishaan Khatter
Indian Actor
I have been around in Pune. I was here to shoot my first film, 'Beyond The Clouds,' at a vegetable market. I remember the pungent smells were so overwhelming, and I've seen the biggest jackfruits and pumpkins there. It was a fun experience.
Quote examples
Sissy Spacek
American Actress
There is a long tradition of pungent living in the South. It was wonderful to have that imprinted on me so early in life. I already had my core when I left my little town in Texas.
Quote examples
Robert Southey
English Poet
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
Quote examples
John Dryden
English Poet
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
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Octave Mirbeau
French Writer
When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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