pungent

Adjective

• capable of wounding
  • a barbed compliment
    
  • a biting aphorism
    
  • pungent satire
    

• strong and sharp
  • the pungent taste of radishes
    
  • the acrid smell of burning rubber
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  barbed , biting , nipping , mordacious , acrid