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• (pungent)- sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a
penetrating power; biting; acrid, (( , ) ; ;
); The air was pungent, and grew steadily more pungent as he neared
her dwelling. — F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 02 - February 1999;
• (biting)- causing a stinging sensation; nipping; Her tone was biting, her
annoyance at him still high. — Conan the Defender;
caustic {corrosive = erosive} = acerbic {astringent = bitter = acrimonious}
• (corrosive)- having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive,
( ); Excellent chemical and physical properties make the Fuseal piping
system the best choice for handling corrosive waste streams. — ThomasNet
Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News;
• (erosive)- causing erosion; The carrying and erosive powers of a river
depend on the rapidity of its currents. — Aether and Gravitation;
• (astringent)- harshly biting; caustic, ( ; ; ; ); The
drug has a feeble odour and an astringent, aromatic and bitter taste. — Find
Me A Cure;
• (bitter)- having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin,
quinine, wormwood, or aloes; Gay's disappointment was bitter, and for a
person usually so placid, his indignation tremendous. — Life And Letters Of
John Gay (1685-1732);
• (acrimony)- sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech,
disposition, etc., ( , - ; ;
); We live in a difficult time and political acrimony is at fever
pitch, but it is essential to the health of our nation's liberty and to the
continued operation of the social compact that we learn to treat one another
with respect and courtesy;
trenchant : piercing = incisive > incise > incision = slit = dent dint = means
• (trenchant)- incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting,
( ); If they were sometimes trenchant, the blade was of
fine temper. — Endymion;
• vigorous; effective; energetic;
• (piercing)- penetrating; sharp; keen; It is quite certain that a rapid, piercing,
commanding expression of eye and features was characteristic of him. — The
Life of Captain Matthew Flinders;
• (incisive)- penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant, ( ; ; -
); Emerson's style is epigrammatic, incisive, authoritative, sometimes
quaint, never obscure, except when he is handling nebulous subjects. — Ralph
Waldo Emerson;