pungent

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pun‧gent /ˈpʌndʒənt/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of pungere 'to prick, sting']
1. having a strong taste or smell
pungent smell/aroma/odour etc
the pungent odour of garlic
2. formal pungent speech or writing is clever and direct, and usually criticizes someone or something strongly:
He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.
—pungently adverb
—pungency noun [uncountable]

pungenthu

◎	['pʌndʒənt]
※	tính từ
	■	hăng; cay (ớt...)
		☆	a pungent odour
			một mùi cay
		☆	a pungent spice
			gia vị cay
	■	sắc sảo
	■	nhói, buốt, nhức nhối (đau...)
	■	sâu cay, chua cay, cay độc (về nhận xét)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  barbed, biting, nipping, mordacious, acrid