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Answer : PUNGENT
pungent, acrid – a
strong and sharp; “the pungent taste of radishes”; “the acrid smell of burning rubber”
SYNONYMS
nippy, sharp, strong, tangy
IN A SENTENCE
I remember the enormous size of that fire and the pungent smell of smoke from the burning chaparral
The first two deputies to enter the house — wearing surgical masks — smelled a noxious, pungent odor inside.
a pungent chili that is not for those with timid taste buds
ETYMOLOGY
590s, “sharp and painful, poignant, piercing,” originally figurative, of pain or grief, from Latin pungentem (nominative pungens), present participle of pungere “to prick, pierce, sting,” figuratively, “to vex, grieve, trouble, afflict” (from suffixed form of PIE root *peuk- “to prick”). For sense development, compare piquant; sharp (adj.).
Meaning “having powerful odor or taste, sharply affecting the sense of smell” is recorded by 1660s; in reference to writing, etc., “sharply affecting the mind, curt and expressive” is by 1850. The literal sense of “sharp, pointed” (c. 1600) is very rare in English and mostly limited to botany.
Middle English and early Modern English also had a now-obsolete verb punge “to prick, pierce; to smart, cause to sting,” from Latin pungere. Related: Pungently.
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