Modifies a noun

• aroma: The tires crunching through wild basil release a pungent aroma.

• odor: A gloomy chamber with a pungent odor, some sort of cleaning fluid.

• smell: The place has the pungent smell of dead bodies.

• odor: In the wind are pungent odors from the marshes by the road.

• flavor: The accompanying red cabbage infused in juniper berries had a very strong pungent flavor.

• scent: A roaring log fire burned brightly in the hearth and filled the room with the pungent scent of pine.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Be warned, however, it does make a rather pungent smell in your kitchen.

• very: Very pungent smell at bottom of first drop, probably due to rotting sheep.

• particularly: I should mention that Garlic in tincture form is particularly pungent!

• too: More often used in spicy Mexican dishes than in British cooking, theyâre too pungent for most people to eat raw.

• slightly: There are no other side effects apart from a slightly pungent taste.

• so: If I had done so, I should not perhaps have felt the mortification I then experienced quite so pungent.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The smell of a familiar fruit becomes pungent in my nostrils.

• smell: The flowers are strongly scented and smell most pungent at night time.