piquant

Speech parts

1. piquant - Adjective

2. piquant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

engaging salty savory savoury zesty strong acetic acid hot sharp interesting bitter acute genius keen
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Antonyms

daft slow wooden thick dense repetitive
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Phrases with the word

piquant cake

Examples

There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon. Anton Chekhov

It was bad, but it was some other slightly less piquant flavour of bad. Alastair Reynolds

Personally, I always find it especially piquant when cultural conservatives, usually quick to profess their devotion to the Free Market, rail against the success in said market of some product of which they disapprove. Patrick Nielsen Hayden

I'm sorry I ever met you" is effective enough, but how much more piquant is the same communication expressed as: "I rue the day I met you. Dan Greenburg

an engaging frankness Source: Internet

a piquant face with large appealing eyes Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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