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pungent
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Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen
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- And it smelled of pine cleaner and bleach, with something vaguely pungent underneath.†
p. 132.3
- My dad led me around a corner, and as we proceeded down a hallway, the underlying pungent part of the smell got stronger.†
p. 133.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(pungent) strong smelling or tasting
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating -- physically or emotionallyIn reference to taste or smell, pungent is more often associated with a strong flavor than a particular flavor. Some associate it with a high level of volatile acidity. Some wine connoisseurs interchange the word pungent with earthy. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)