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Piquant

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Adjective

1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty

having an agreeably pungent taste

2. piquant, salty

engagingly stimulating or provocative

Example Sentences:
'a piquant wit'
'salty language'

3. engaging, piquant

attracting or delighting

Example Sentences:
'an engaging frankness'
'a piquant face with large appealing eyes'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Piquant

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adjective
1. 
having an agreeably pungent or tart taste
2. 
lively or stimulating to the mind

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Piquant

see synonyms of piquant
adjective
1. 
agreeably pungent or stimulating to the taste; pleasantly sharp or biting
2. 
exciting agreeable interest or curiosity; stimulating; provocative
3.  Archaic
piercing or stinging; bitter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Piquant

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adj.
1. Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.
2. Appealingly provocative; charming: a piquant wit; a piquant face.
3. Causing hurt feelings; stinging: "people with equally piquant opinions about obesity, appearance and American doublespeak about weight" (Virginia Heffernan).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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