Synonyms for pungency

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puhn-juhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌn dʒənt

Top 10 synonyms for pungency

Other synonyms for the word pungency

Définition of pungency

Origin : 1640s, from pungent + -cy.

As in kick : noun power, strength
As in odor : noun scent
As in seasoning : noun flavoring for food
As in spice : noun flavor, zest
As in tang : noun biting taste or odor
As in zest : noun taste, flavor
As in bitterness : noun sourness
As in raciness : noun sharpness
As in acidity : noun bitterness
As in sapor : noun flavor
As in flavor : noun odor and taste

Example sentences :

An illustration, like a funny story, loses its pungency if it requires a scholium.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

At the same instant came an elusive whiff of pungency on the chill.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

Ripe berries lose in pungency and also fall off and are lost.
Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 3 [March 1901] » by Various

It is the flavour of all things like the pungency of pepper.
Extract from : « The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2) » by Valmiki

Taste the residue and cayenne may be recognized by its pungency.
Extract from : « Detection of the Common Food Adulterants » by Edwin M. Bruce

Mr Thresh succeeded in obtaining an alkaloid from the capsicum, but this was entirely wanting in acridity and pungency.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

How the freshness of this seasoning contrasts with the pungency of the spices which relieve it!
Extract from : « Luxury-Gluttony: » by Eugne Sue

There is a liveliness and pungency to this water which makes it a pleasant beverage.
Extract from : « Saratoga and How to See It » by R. F. Dearborn

But there was a dense cloud of cigar smoke in the room, and mingled with its pungency were sweeter scents.
Extract from : « Dope » by Sax Rohmer

It is full of quiet, sometimes grim, humour; of picturesque and witty touches; of pungency and irony.
Extract from : « An Introduction to the Study of Browning » by Arthur Symons

Antonyms for pungency

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