pungent

adj 1: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting

the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent

smell of burning sulfur" [ant: {bland}]

2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting

aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting}, {nipping}]