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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. wit having a sharp and caustic quality;
- Example: "he commented with typical pungency"
- Example: "the bite of satire"
[syn: pungency, bite]

2. a strong odor or taste property;
- Example: "the pungency of mustard"
- Example: "the sulfurous bite of garlic"
- Example: "the sharpness of strange spices"
- Example: "the raciness of the wine"
[syn: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pungency \Pun"gen*cy\, n.
   The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness;
   sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. "The
   pungency of menaces." --Hammond.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pungency
    n 1: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with
         typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency,
         bite]
    2: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard";
       "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange
       spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite,
       sharpness, raciness]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pungency":
   acerbity, acescency, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness,
   astringence, astringency, bitter pill, bitterness, brilliance,
   causticity, cleverness, dash, dryness, facetiousness, funniness,
   gall, gall and wormwood, greenness, headiness, humorousness,
   hyperacidity, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing,
   keen-wittedness, keenness, liveliness, nimble-wittedness,
   odorousness, pep, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy,
   quick-wittedness, raciness, saltiness, sharpness, smartness,
   smelliness, sour, sourishness, sourness, sparkle, spirit,
   subacidity, tartishness, tartness, unripeness, unsweetness,
   verjuice, verve, vinegariness, vinegarishness, vivacity, vividness,
   wittiness