Meanings
nounpungency (countable and uncountable, plural pungencies)
plural pungencies
- countableuncountableThe state of being pungent.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
Translations
Arabic حِدَّة, حَرَافَة
- حِدَّة (ḥidda)state of being pungent
- حَرَافَة (ḥarāfa)state of being pungent
Czech pronikavost, ostrost
- pronikavoststate of being pungent
- ostroststate of being pungent
- smradfoul odor
Dutch stank
- stankfoul odor
Finnish löyhkääminen, kirpeys
- löyhkääminenstate of being pungent
- kirpeysstate of being pungent
- kitkeryysstate of being pungent
- pistävyysstate of being pungent
- kärkevyysstate of being pungent
- terävyysstate of being pungent
- löyhkäfoul odor
- hajufoul odor
French puanteur
- puanteurfoul odor
German Schärfe, Gestank
- Schärfestate of being pungent
- Gestankfoul odor
Hungarian bűz
- bűzfoul odor
Italian puzza, fetore
- puzzafoul odor
- fetorefoul odor
Japanese 悪臭
- 悪臭 (akushū)foul odor
Latin acritās, paedor
- acritāsstate of being pungent
- paedorfoul odor
Māori kanekanetanga
- kanekanetangastate of being pungent
Polish ostrość, ostrość
- ostrośćstate of being pungent
- ostrośćfoul odor
Portuguese fedor
- fedorfoul odor
Russian вонь
- вонь (vonʹ)foul odor
Spanish rango, tufo
- rangostate of being pungent
- tufofoul odor
- hedorfoul odor
- pestefoul odor
- hediondezfoul odor
- fetidezfoul odor
- tufaradafoul odor
Swedish stank
- stankfoul odor
Turkish burukluk, koku
- buruklukstate of being pungent
- kokufoul odor
Cite this entry
APA
pungency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pungency
MLA
“pungency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pungency. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pungency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pungency.
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