pungent
— Adjective
– English
～ strong and sharp; "the pungent taste of radishes"; "the acrid smell of burning rubber"
pungent
— Adjective
– English
～ capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
punic
— Adjective
– English
～ tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
Punic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language; "the Punic Wars"; "Carthaginian peace"
punishable
— Adjective
– English
～ (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law; "a penal offense"
punishable
— Adjective
– English
～ liable to or deserving punishment; "punishable offenses"
punished
— Adjective
– English
～ subjected to a penalty (as pain or shame or restraint or loss) for an offense or fault or in order to coerce some behavior (as a confession or obedience)
punishing
— Adjective
– English
～ characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
punishing
— Adjective
– English
～ resulting in punishment; "the king imposed a punishing tax"