Definition of: pungent

(pun′jənt) adjective
1. Having or causing sharp pricking, stinging, piercing, or acrid effects upon the senses.
2. Affecting the mind or feelings, as by sharp points, so as to cause pain; piercing; sharp.
3. Caustic; keen; racy: pungent sarcasm.
4. Terminating in a hard sharp point, as a pine needle. See synonyms under BITTER, HOT, RACY. [<L pungens, -entis, ppr. of pungere prick]
—pun′gence or pun′gen·cy noun
—pun′gent·ly adverb