pungent (
http://definr.com/pungent)
adj 1: sharp biting or acrid especially in taste or smell; "tasting
the pungent wood sorrel"; "pungent curry"; "a pungent
smell of burning sulfur" [ant:
bland]
2: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn:
barbed,
biting,
nipping,
mordacious]