Pungent

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. Shenstone. The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope.

2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic; stinging. With pungent pains on every side. Swift. His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green.

3. Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.

Synonyms: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen; acrimonious; biting; stinging.