Pungency, n.
- 1. Acridness, acrimony, acrimoniousness, tartness, causticity, poignancy, piquancy, sharpness.
- 2. Keenness, severity, satire, pointedness, smartness.
Pungent, a.
- 1. Smart, stinging, stimulating, pricking, sharp, biting, mordant, burning, caustic, pyrotic, hot, peppery,
piercing, penetrating, piquant, acrid.
- 2. Acute, keen, trenchant, cutting, acrimonious, severe, peevish, tart, waspish, distressing, poignant,
smart, painful, satirical, pointed.
Punic, a.
- 1. Of the Carthaginians, Carthaginian.
- 2. Faithless, perfidious, treacherous, deceitful, untrustworthy, false, betraying, traitorous.
Punic faith. Treachery, treacherousness, perfidy, traitorousness, perfidiousness.
Puniness, n. Littleness, pettiness, smallness with feebleness.
Punish, v. a.
- 1. Chastise, castigate, lash, chasten, scourge, whip, flog.
- 2. Discipline, correct, visit with pain or suffering, take vengeance on, inflict penalties upon, subject to
penalty.
Punishment, n.
- 1. Chastisement, castigation, scourging, correction, discipline.
- 2. Penalty.
Punitive, a. Penal.
Punk, n.
- 1. Prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, trull, drab.
- 2. Touchwood, spunk, agaric, amadou, German tinder.