pungent
adjective
(of a smell or taste) very
strong, sometimes in an unpleasant way, or
the pungent whiff of a goat
I sat down to a cup of wonderfully pungent Turkish
coffee.
FIGURATIVE LITERARY He's
the author of a pungent political comedy.
We need journalism with a cutting, pungent style for
this new magazine.
pungently
adverb
FIGURATIVE LITERARY She
made her points pungently.
pungency
noun [U]
The different sorts of chilli peppers vary in
pungency.