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Adjective: pungent  pún-junt
  1. Strong and sharp
    "the pungent taste of radishes";
    - acrid
     
  2. Capable of wounding
    "pungent satire";
    - barbed, biting, nipping, mordacious

See also: sarcastic, sarky [Brit, informal], tasty

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