Usage of "pungency" | TermGallery

каталонский

acrimonia

испанский

intensidad

A strong odor or taste property.

русский

каталонский

испанский

Pungency is the condition of having a strong, sharp smell or flavor that is often so strong that it is unpleasant.

жгучий

Synonyms

Examples for "bite"

This bite will continue to improve from now to end of year. 
 Chicago sun times 

The bite-sized reports from Friday night at Eurosonic 2009 Emmy the Great. 
 The Irish Times 

Police said the bite was strong enough to leave a visible mark. 
 Radio NZ 

Science is really about 'how'. He takes a bite of his pastry. 
 The Guardian 

I don't think he'll bite you; he probably wants to thank you. 
 The bourne ultimatum 

In its sharpness she forgot everything else; even the silent room overhead. 
 Agatha's Husband: A Novel 

There was no sharpness in her tone; it was hushed and quiet. 
 The Man Whom the Trees Loved 

An added problem was Newcastle's tight organisation and sharpness on the counterattack. 
 The Guardian 

But Jeff let the sharpness of her words roll off his back. 
 The house 

They will need to find another level of sharpness before that one. 
 The Guardian 

His very faults smack of the raciness of his good qualities. 
 The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon 

There was a raciness about the adventure that took my fancy. 
 Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches 

His books have a certain raciness and spirit that recall the English squire of tradition. 
 Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol... 

He told them admirably, with a raciness of idiom which I had thought beyond him. 
 The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies 

Hardly a piece of his, large or small, but has "snap" and raciness. 
 Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough... 

Usage of pungency in английском

The garlands of dried flowers hung limp; their musky pungency surprised Kiska. 
 Night of Knives 

There was a rare pungency in it certainly, a quality almost Southern. 
 The Beautiful and Damned 

Roasting tames the garlic's pungency, resulting in a paste that's actually sweet. 
 The new atkins for a new you: the ultimate diet for shedding wei... 

Also a sharp pyroligneous-acid pungency in the air that stings one's eyes. 
 The Professor at the Breakfast-Table 

Bitterness and pungency are distinct and balanced, with a sweet almond finish. 
 The South African 

That rank piece of pungency had been planted, planted to watch me. 
 The Silver Pigs 

It has a similar pungency, but little else in common with true wasabi. 
 On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen 

The pungency awakens that mature palate of yours, am I right? 
 French pressed 

The resins produced a vile pungency that permeated the throne chamber. 
 Mech 

Sympathetic activity activated by stress may affect taste and the sensation of pungency. 
 Pubmed 

The carbonation and pungency of beer give it a trigeminal kick. 
 Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food 

The principle on which its pungency depends, is soluble in water and in alcohol. 
 A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons / Exhi... 

The comments of the Ring increased in point and pungency. 
 Love Among the Chickens 

They are used chiefly in confectionery, and have the flavor and pungency of cassia. 
 The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom / Considered in... 

Hilda picked it up, and drew in the crude, warm pungency of its smell. 
 The Path of a Star 

But the pungency of this antithesis comes from an imperfect realization of its meaning. 
 The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 / A Magazin... 