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pungences

pungences is the plural of pungence.

Meaning of pungence

Noun

pungence (usually uncountable, plural pungences)

  1. (usually) The quality of odor/odour that stings the nose, said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
    • The pungence of the garlic made my eyes water.
    Synonyms:
    pungency

Questions about pungences

What is pungences the plural of?
Pungences is the plural of pungence.

Words near pungences in the dictionary

  1. pungapung
  2. pungas
  3. Pungayan
  4. punge
  5. pungence
  6. pungences
  7. pungencies
  8. pungency
  9. pungenin
  10. pungenol
  11. pungent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pungences (page history and authors); pungence (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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