pungent, adj.
capable of wounding
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
barbed biting mordacious nipping pungent
sample sentences
"a barbed compliment""a biting aphorism"
"pungent satire"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
strong and sharp
<adj.all>
acrid pungent