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Definition
strong smelling or tasting
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating — physically or emotionally
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating — physically or emotionally
- Tears sting at my eyes from the pungency, but at least I'm breathing again.Chapter 13 (16% in)
- Underneath the memories is something pungent, like meat rotting in the sun.Chapter 36 (29% in)
There are no more uses of "pungent" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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