Roget's Thesaurus

#392. Pungency

Nouns

pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race. sharpness etc. adj.; acrimony; roughness etc. (sour) 392; unsavoriness etc. 395. mustard, cayenne, caviare; seasoning etc. (condiment) 393; niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) 392a; carbonate of ammonia; sal ammoniac, sal volatile, smelling salts; hartshorn (acridity) 401a. dram, cordial, nip. nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke; segar; cigar, cigarette; weed; fragrant weed, Indian weed; Cavendish, fid, negro head, old soldier, rappee, stogy.

Verbs

be pungent etc. adj.; bite the tongue. render pungent etc. adj.; season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil. smoke, chew, take snuff.

Adjectives

pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned etc. v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough etc. (sour) 397; unsavory etc. 395.

#392a. Saltiness

Nouns

saltiness. niter, saltpeter, brine.

Adjectives

salty, salt, saline, brackish, briny; salty as brine, salty as a herring, salty as Lot's wife. salty, racy (indecent) 961.

Phrases

take it with a grain of salt.

#392b. Bitterness

Nouns

bitterness, acridness, acridity, acrimony; caustic, alkali; acerbity; gall, wormwood; bitters, astringent bitters. Angostura [additive for alcoholic beverages], aromatic bitters. sourness etc. 397; pungency etc. 392. [bitter substances] alkaloids; turmeric.

Adjectives

bitter, bitterish, acrid, acerb, acerbic.

Phrases

bitter as gall; bitter pill to take; sugar coating on a bitter pill.