Synonyms for pungent

Adjective

1. pungent (vs. bland), acrid, gingery, hot, peppery, spicy, tasteful

usage: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent smell of burning sulfur"

2. barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious, sarcastic (vs. unsarcastic)

usage: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"