noun
Meaning 1
The state of being pungent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pungency
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noun
Meaning 2
A foul odor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a strong odor or taste property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pungency of mustard
- the sulfurous bite of garlic
- the sharpness of strange spices
- the raciness of the wine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bite, sharpness, raciness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spiciness, spice, spicery
noun
Meaning 4
wit having a sharp and caustic quality
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he commented with typical pungency
- the bite of satire
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bite
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
History
Etymology
From pungent + -cy.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حِدَّة (ḥidda) — state of being pungent
- Arabic: حَرَافَة (ḥarāfa) — state of being pungent
- Czech: pronikavost — state of being pungent
- Czech: ostrost — state of being pungent
- Finnish: löyhkääminen — state of being pungent
- Finnish: kirpeys — state of being pungent
- Finnish: kitkeryys — state of being pungent
- Finnish: pistävyys — state of being pungent
- Finnish: kärkevyys — state of being pungent
- Finnish: terävyys — state of being pungent
- German: Schärfe — state of being pungent
- Latin: acritās — state of being pungent
- Malayalam: എരിവ് (erivŭ) — state of being pungent
- Māori: kanekanetanga — state of being pungent
- Polish: ostrość — state of being pungent
- Spanish: rango — state of being pungent
- Turkish: burukluk — state of being pungent
- Ottoman Turkish: كسكینلك (keskinlik) — state of being pungent
- Crimean Tatar: sasıq — foul odor
- Czech: smrad — foul odor
- Dutch: stank — foul odor
- Finnish: löyhkä — foul odor
- Finnish: haju — foul odor
- French: puanteur — foul odor
- German: Gestank — foul odor
- Hungarian: bűz — foul odor
- Italian: puzza — foul odor
- Italian: fetore — foul odor
- Japanese: 悪臭 (akushū) — foul odor
- Latin: paedor — foul odor
- Polish: ostrość — foul odor
- Portuguese: fedor — foul odor
- Russian: вонь (vonʹ) — foul odor
- Sicilian: fetu — foul odor
- Spanish: tufo — foul odor
- Spanish: hedor — foul odor
- Spanish: peste — foul odor
- Spanish: hediondez — foul odor
- Spanish: fetidez — foul odor
- Spanish: tufarada — foul odor
- Swedish: stank — foul odor
- Turkish: koku — foul odor