pungency
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
wit having a sharp and caustic quality
he commented with typical pungency
Types & categories
- humor hypernym
Related & opposite
- barbed derivation
Sense 2 noun
a strong odor or taste property
the pungency of mustard
Types & categories
- spiciness hypernym
Related & opposite
- full-bodied derivation
- acrid derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbed |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | humor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | full-bodied |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | acrid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spiciness |