Pungent fumes arose from the chemical mixture.
Source: tatoeba (950166)
Pungent
//ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "pungent" (168 found)
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Related words (84)
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Translations
79 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- δριμύς adj (having a strong odour)
- δριμύς adj (having a strong flavor)
Assamese
1 entries- কেঁহা adj (having a strong odour)
Belarusian
2 entries- во́стры adj (having a strong odour)
- во́стры adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заострен adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- остър adj (having a strong odour)
- пикантен adj (having a strong flavor)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 刺鼻 adj (having a strong odour)
- 辛辣 adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
Czech
4 entries- jizlivý adj (stinging (remark or critique))
- kousavý adj (stinging (remark or critique))
- ostrý adj (having a strong flavor)
- palčivý adj (having a strong flavor)
Dutch
3 entries- scherp adj (having a strong odour)
- scherp adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- stekend adj (having a strong odour)
Finnish
1 entries- pistävä adj (having a strong odour)
French
3 entries- piquant adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- pointu adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- âcre adj (having a strong odour)
German
3 entries- beißend adj (having a strong odour)
- penetrant adj (having a strong odour)
- stechend adj (having a strong odour)
Greek
4 entries- αψύς adj (having a strong odour)
- δηκτικός adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- δριμύς adj (having a strong odour)
- καυστικός adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
Hungarian
4 entries- csípős adj (having a strong odour)
- hegyes adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- szúrós adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- szúrós szagú adj (having a strong odour)
Irish
1 entries- borb adj (having a strong odour)
Italian
4 entries- acre adj (having a strong odour)
- caustico adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- mordace adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- pungente adj (having a strong odour)
Latvian
4 entries- ass adj (having a strong flavor)
- ass adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- kodīgs adj (having a strong odour)
- smails adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
Malayalam
1 entries- എരിവ് adj (having a strong flavor)
Māori
1 entries- kanekane adj (having a strong odour)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- ایتی adj (having a strong flavor)
- حریف adj (having a strong flavor)
- كسكین adj (having a strong odour)
- كسكین adj (having a strong flavor)
Romanian
2 entries- înțepător adj (having a strong odour)
- înțepător adj (having a strong flavor)
Russian
4 entries- е́дкий adj (having a strong odour)
- е́дкий adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
- о́стрый adj (having a strong odour)
- о́стрый adj (having a sharp and stiff point)
Sanskrit
1 entries- तिग्म adj (having a strong flavor)
Spanish
4 entries- acerbo adj (having a strong flavor)
- acre adj (having a strong odour)
- acre adj (having a strong flavor)
- pungente adj (having a strong odour)
Swedish
2 entries- skarp adj (having a strong flavor)
- stickande adj (having a strong odour)
Thai
1 entries- ฉุน adj (having a strong odour)
Vietnamese
2 entries- gắt adj (having a strong odour)
- hăng adj (having a strong odour)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
A pungent, salty odor wafted from the kitchen.
Source: tatoeba (1979299)
Wasabi is a pungent plant that is difficult to cultivate.
Source: tatoeba (4281984)
Stepping through the front door, Tom recognised instantly the pungent smell of Mary's perfume.
Source: tatoeba (10230689)
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