Pungent in taste; also, having strong acid, alkaline, or caustic properties. †Of wine: Sour.

Of a food, drink, spice, etc.: having a taste or smell characterized by a burning sensation; pungently spicy; acrid, biting. Also of a taste or…

Sharp, pungent, piquant to the taste or smell. Now rare.

transferred. Of things, substances, or agencies that affect the senses. Operating on the touch or taste like a sharp instrument; causing pain or…

Having a sharp or acrid taste; designating such a taste. rare.

Having a marked effect on the taste or other senses. Pungent, acrid, keen; (of a medicine) sharp or violent in operation; (of a disease, pain, or…

Sharp to the sense of taste; †biting, pungent (obsolete); now esp. sour, acid, or acidulous.

Of taste: Sharp. Obsolete. rare.

That bites or stings; sharp, pungent, caustic; acerbic.

= mordicative, adj.

Made with or consisting of peppers; peppery, pungent. Also in extended use.

That pricks or stings; sharp to the senses; figurative (chiefly Scottish) keen, biting.

Perhaps: spiced, hot, biting. pike sauce n. a spicy sauce; (figurative) sarcasm, pungent wit. Obsolete.

Strong or pungent in flavour or odour. Now rare.

Excessively sharp (in various senses).

Excessively strong (in various senses).

That pierces, permeates, or makes its way into or through something; spec. able to permeate the bodily system or to have an intense effect on the…

= penetrating, adj. 1a.

Of a taste or smell: sharp, pungent. Also of a thing: having a sharp taste or smell. Obsolete.

Of cold, a noise, light, etc.: having an intense physical effect suggestive of the action of a sharp-pointed instrument; keen and penetrating.

Chemistry and Physiology. Refined, sublimed, concentrated. Cf. exalt, v. 3. Of flavour, smell, etc.: Intense, strong. Obsolete.

Biting, sharp, caustic.

Of a taste or smell, or a thing embodying it: sharp, pungent.

figurative. ‘Biting’, pungent, corrosive. ? Obsolete.

Affecting the sense organs, esp. those of smell or taste, with a sharp, penetrating sensation; acrid, irritant; intensely flavoured, piquant.

Of food, etc.: having a (usually pleasantly) pungent or sharp taste; sharp; tangy; appetizing.

Of the nature of, consisting of, or containing tartar or argol.

Of a substance: stinging, corrosive, caustic. Obsolete.

Containing pepper; peppery, pungent.

Of or characteristic of the taste or effect of pepper; strongly flavoured with, or redolent of, pepper; pungent, biting, hot; inflaming, irritating.

Somewhat tart, slightly pungent or acid; also figurative.

Extremely sharp (in form, taste, etc.); very acute or acid.

Sharp-tasted; pungent.

Sharp, keen; acutely present; that produces a smart or sting. Obsolete.

In various transferred applications: Keen; sharp; pungent; poignant. Also of colours: bright, glaring.

Resembling pepper; pungent. Cf. piperaceous, adj. 1.