pungent

  • (s) strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"
    • the acrid smell of burning rubber
    acrid,
  • (s) capable of wounding
    • a barbed compliment
    • a biting aphorism
    • pungent satire
    barbed, biting, mordacious, nipping,

Synonyms

acrid barbed biting mordacious nipping

Words of close approximity

pungently