pung

Usage

• pungent

  Something pungent, such as a spice, aroma, or speech, is sharp and penetrating.

• poignant

  A poignant experience affects your feelings greatly in a painful or deeply emotional way, often causing sadness or pity.

• expunge

  If you expunge something, you completely remove it or do away with it.

• pungency

  wit having a sharp and caustic quality