What is "pungent"

Usage examples of "pungent".

According to the ancient Analects, which guided the practitioners of Confucianism, ginger was such an important food that Confucius approved of its use even during periods of fasting or sacrificial worship, when the consumption of all other pungent or malodorous foods was prohibited.

Tandoor in Cleveland, in the torpid afterglow of Jhinga Biryani, lightly spiced rice and shrimp, Baigan Bharta, rich and pungent roasted eggplant, Palak Raita, a spinach and yogurt condiment that cools the palate, and the wondrous Indian bread naan.

Now it was seven and their heady smell, pungent from the new dry rub, mingled with the fully mature aromas of the brisket and the pork shoulder.

His longish hair, in greasy quills, exuded a frank, pungent odor, sharp as that of his body.

Now, to me, none of the troopers looked clean, and they oiled their braided manes with a pungent oil.

The fresh root of the Horse radish is a powerful stimulant by reason of its ardent and pungent volatile principle, whether it be taken as a medicament, or be applied externally to any part of the body.

Ailoura moved within the circle of speakers, her unnaturally flared and pungent striped musteline tail waving perilously close to the humans.

The deep-toned calls and the pungent urine trails of the musth male did more than announce his presence to eager females, they also announced his location to other males.

Her juices flowed with every outstroke, coating him and running down her legs, her pungent fragrance imprinting itself into his DNA.

The pavement was shiny, as black goo congealed into plasticky, pungent shellac.

A horn lantern was suspended from the ceiling, and the air was unstirred by punkah, the heavy, foul air reeking with the sickening, pungent fumes of opium.

The duck in this recipe is simmered with fresh ginger, wine, and scallions, then marinated in a rich paste pungent with bean sauce, five-spice powder, and fermented red bean curd, the closest the Chinese come to a cheese.

He enjoyed opium, and young people often came to smoke entire nights at his house, amidst the pillows, the rugs, the drapes, all that silly and somber rubbish that exhaled a pungent aroma made up of drugs, sleeze and human sweat.

The pungent smell of souvlaki that wafted to his nostrils as the weary vendors pushed their carts to overnight shelters, the sight of the patient horses as they stood fastened to festively decorated carriages at the corner of Fifth and Central Park South, the line of limousines in front of the Plaza Hotel---all these things escaped him.

Chambers mentions a woman of twenty-seven who suffered from bloody sweat after the manner of the stigmatists, and Petrone mentions a young man of healthy antecedents, the sweat from whose axillae and pubes was red and very pungent.