Pungency

Definition: Pungency

Pungency

Noun

1. Having a sharp bitter flavor.

2. Having an acrid smell.

3. A sharp bitter taste property.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pungency" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

Synonyms: Pungency

Bitterness

Sourness; pungency .

Physical Energy

Acrimony, acritude; causiticity, virulence; poignancy; harshness; Adjective: severity, edge, point; pungency.

Pungency

Noun: pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race.

Crosswords: Pungency

Albanian

djegësirë, athtësi (acerbity). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لذوعية, ‏لذع (acrimony, bite, burning, poignancy, scorch, sharpness, smart), ‏حرافة (acridity), ‏حدة (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, asperity, edge, great rage, intensification, intensity, keenness, loneness, paroxysmal, piquancy, poignancy, ruggedness, severity, sharpness, solitariness, solitude, temper, vehemence), ‏إستدقاق الرأس. (various references)

Bulgarian 

язвителност (acerbity, acidity, acrimony, bitterness, incision, mordacity, sting, vitriol), сарказъм (acerbity, hit, nip, sarcasm, sneer), силна миризма, силен вкус, острота (acridity, acrimony, acuteness, bitterness, cutting edge, edge, fineness, incision, nip, penetration, poignancy, sharpness, stridency), пикантност (heat, piquancy, poignancy, raciness, salacity, salt, savor, savour, spicery, zest), изразителност (energy, expression, nervousness, terseness). (various references)

Chinese 

辛辣 (Piquancy, Piquant, Pungent). (various references)

Czech

pronikavost (acumen, subtlety), pichlavost, ostrost (acridity, acuteness, definition, intensity, toughness), štiplavost. (various references)

Farsi 

تندی (Acerbity, Acrimony, Discourtesy, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Kick, Pace, Rapidity, Rigor, Speed, Vehemence, Velocity, Violence, Virulence), زنندگی (Poignancy). (various references)

Finnish

kirpeys (bitterness). (various references)

French

goût piquant, causticité. (various references)

German

Schärfe (abrasiveness, acerbity, acridity, acuteness, asperity, bitterness, causticity, clarity, clearness, ferocity, fierceness, fineness, focus, harshness, heat, hotness, incisiveness, keenness, lash, nicety, pepperiness, poignancy, pungence, savageness, severeness, severity, sharpness, shrewdness, shrillness, sting, stridence, stridency, stringency, tartness, tightness, toughness, trenchancy, vehemence, violence, virulence). (various references)

Greek 

πικάντικη γεύση, οξύτητα (acerbity, acidity, acuteness, asperity, keenness, sharpness, shrillness, smartness, trenchancy, trenchantness), δριμύτησ (acerbity, acridness, acrimony, keenness, pipsquancy, poignancy, rigor, rigour, severity, sharpness, verjuice). (various references)

Hebrew 

עוקצ� ות (mordancy, sarcasm, stinging, waspishness), חריפות טעם (piquancy). (various references)

Hungarian

pikáns íz (zest). (various references)

Italian

causticit� (mordacity, poignancy), asprezza (acerbity, acridity, asperity, bitterness, harshness, ruggedness, sourness, tartness), acredine (acridity, sharpness, sourness). (various references)

Manx

geyrid (abruptness, acidity, acridity, acuteness, austerity, definition, discernment, hardness, hardness of sound, incisiveness, intensity, keenness, mordacity, poignancy, pointedness, quickness of sight, rigidity, rigour of the law, sharpness, sourness, stiffness, strictness, stringency), gargid (acridity, acrimoniousness, acrimony, asperity, austerity, brusqueness, harshness, harshness of wine, tartness). (various references)

Pig Latin

ungencypay

Portuguese

pungência, mordacidade (acridity, bitterness, mordacity, poignancy, sarcasm, stinger, virulence), gosto picante (piquancy), causticidade (acridity, bitterness, causticity, mordacity, virulence), acrimônia (acerbity, acrimony, acuity, poignancy, sharpness, vitriol). (various references)

Romanian

iuţealã (celerity, heat, quickness, rapidity, snap, speed, velocity). (various references)

Russian 

острота (acridity, acridness, acuity, acuteness, bon mot, fineness, funnies, joke, mot, one-liner, pepper, pepperiness, piquancy, poignancy, quip, sharpness, trenchancy, wisecrack, witticism). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

oporost (acerbity, asperity, savoury, tartness). (various references)

Spanish

picante (biting, gamy, hot, itchy, juicy, naughty, nutty, peppery, piquancy, piquant, pointed, pungent, raciness, racy, salty, spice, spicy), mordacidad (bite, mordacity, poignancy, sharpness), acritud (acerbity, acid, acridity, acrimony, sharpness). (various references)

Swedish

stickande lukt, skärpa (acerbity, acridity, acridness, acrimony, acuity, acuteness, asperity, definition, edge, exactness, give an edge to, increase, poignancy, put an edge on, severity, sharpen, sharpness, stiffen, sting, strengthen, whet). (various references)

Turkish

sertlik (asperity, austerity, bitterness, curtness, fierceness, firmness, hardness, harshness, headiness, inclemency, intemperance, kick, rigidity, rigor, rigour, severity, sharpness, solidity, starch, sternness, stiffness, stoniness, strength, strictness, stringency, tartness, toughness, vehemence, wiriness), keskinlik (acridity, acuity, acuteness, bite, bitter, bitterness, edge, intension, keenness, mordacity, mordancy, penetration, piquancy, poignancy, pointedness, quickness, sharpness, tartness, trenchancy, virulence), acılık (acerbity, bite, bitter, bitterness, heat, keenness, piquancy, poignancy). (various references)

Ukrainian

ущипливість (acridity, causticity, gibe, sting), гострота (acridity, acrimony, acuity, acumen, acuteness, pepper, piquancy, poignancy, quickness, savor, savour, sharpness, subtlety). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vị hăng (acridity), sự buốt. (various references)

Misspellings

"Pungency" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: panganic, pendency, pungens. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: gunny, penny, punny, unpeg, unpen.

-4 letters: genu, puce, pung, puny.

-5 letters: cep, cue, cup, ecu, eng, gen, gey, gnu, gun, guy, gyp, nun, pec, peg, pen, pug, pun, pye, yen, yep, yup.

+2 letters: repugnancy.

+3 letters: keypunching.