adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pungent smell formal (= strong and unpleasant )
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A pungent smell of garlic filled the air.
strong/unpleasant/pungent/offensive etc odour
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obnoxious odours from a factory
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
aroma
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Woodsmoke and the pungent aroma of apples and Michaelmas daisies spiced the dusk.
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Singed needles only add to the celebration because they crackle like sparklers and give off the pungent aroma of the evergreen woods.
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The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma .
odour
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They couldn't detect the smell of cocaine through the more pungent odour of coffee.
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The room smelt stale and musty with the pungent odour of the fat tallow candles placed on the desk.
smell
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It was a creepy spot with a strong pungent smell of garlic and there was always a feeling of tension and foreboding.
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Candles flickered, incense burned in an unsuccessful attempt to cover the pungent smell of marijuana.
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My favourite was the lightly spiced Cape Malay Rooibos Chai which had a pungent smell and dark colour.
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A fox earth can be located from a considerable distance downwind by the pungent smell given off.
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A pungent smell of garlic filled the air.
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Both were smoking and the pungent smell of Gauloise tobacco so early in the morning made me feel sick.
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The pungent smell gives the impression of a powerful cleaning agent.
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From where he stood the pungent smell of frying onion was easily detectable.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Pungent diesel fumes poured from the back of the truck.
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Borsky made several pungent comments about the government.
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Garlic has a pungent aroma.
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the pungent smell of onions
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A pungent metallic smoke filled the air.
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And I smelled the pungent stickiness of the glue when I pasted the labels on the matchboxes, table, and chairs.
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Oregano is a pungent herb, overpowering if used alone.
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Saturated hydrocarbons can burn to aldehydes, alcohols to organic acids, and aromatics to unsaturated compounds which are pungent and irritating.
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The pungent oil smoke wafts across the grandstand.
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The onion smell still lingered, sharp and pungent .
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The rider delivered some loud, bitter and pungent comments, and people shook their heads at the girl.
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The squid is tender and dressed in a pungent fishy sauce with a hint of nuttiness.