Translations for „pungent“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

pun·gent [ˈpʌnʤənt] ADJ

1. pungent also pej (strong):

pungent smell

oster

pungent smell

jedek

pungent taste

močen

pungent taste

pikanten

2. pungent fig:

pungent (biting) wit, words

oster

pungent comment, remark

zajedljiv

pungent (pointed) comment, expression

piker

pungent (pointed) comment, expression

zbadljiv

pungent style

poudarjen

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English

Unbound by usual restrictions of taste and literary convention, its proponents claim that transgressive fiction is capable of pungent social commentary.

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Subsequently, the gleba becomes olivaceous, olive-brown, and finally dark olive when dry, and then develops a characteristic pungent smell.

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Reporters from most of the city's newspapers are passing the time with poker and pungent wisecracks about the news of the day.

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The smell of conpoy is marine, pungent, and reminiscent of certain salt-cured meats.

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It has an acrid taste, with a slight to pungent odor.

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They have orange flesh with a brown coating, and have an aromatic odor and a pungent flavor.

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When whole mustard seeds are wetted and crushed, an enzyme is activated that releases pungent sulphurous compounds; but they quickly evaporate.

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His brilliant paradoxes, his pungent and often profane epigrams were received by graver persons as his real opinions and as evidence of atheism.

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He also believed this discharge could be increased by eating of pungent foods.

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The resulting powder or paste is mixed with water, or more often broth, and simmered until it is pungent and very thick.

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