Pungency \Pun"gen*cy\, n.
   The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness;
   sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. "The
   pungency of menaces." --Hammond.
   [1913 Webster]

	

	pungency
    n 1: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with
         typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency,
         bite]
    2: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard";
       "the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange
       spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite,
       sharpness, raciness]

	

	59 Moby Thesaurus words for "pungency":
   acerbity, acescency, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness,
   astringence, astringency, bitter pill, bitterness, brilliance,
   causticity, cleverness, dash, dryness, facetiousness, funniness,
   gall, gall and wormwood, greenness, headiness, humorousness,
   hyperacidity, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing,
   keen-wittedness, keenness, liveliness, nimble-wittedness,
   odorousness, pep, piquancy, pleasantry, poignancy,
   quick-wittedness, raciness, saltiness, sharpness, smartness,
   smelliness, sour, sourishness, sourness, sparkle, spirit,
   subacidity, tartishness, tartness, unripeness, unsweetness,
   verjuice, verve, vinegariness, vinegarishness, vivacity, vividness,
   wittiness