Piquant

What do we mean by piquant?

Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy. adjective

Appealingly provocative; charming. adjective

Causing hurt feelings; stinging. adjective

Of an agreeable pungency or sharpness of taste or flavor; sharp; stinging; biting: as, sauce piquant.

Of a smart, lively, racy, or sparkling nature; keenly interesting, or fitted to produce a sudden or keen interest; “taking”: as, a piquant anecdote: a piquant manner; a piquant style of female beauty; a piquant hat.

That pierces or wounds, or is fitted to pierce or wound; stinging; sharp or cutting to the feelings; biting; keen; pungent; severe.

Synonyms Poignant, etc. See pungent.

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent. adjective

Engaging; charming. adjective

Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; stimulating. adjective

Causing hurt feelings; scathing. adjective

Having an agreeably pungent taste adjective

Attracting or delighting adjective

Engagingly stimulating or provocative adjective

Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.

Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming.

Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.

Pleasantly pungent odor or taste. Essence of prom date underwear. Urban Dictionary

Computer Name Urban Dictionary

A delicious meal made of chopped fried potatoes and egg. Urban Dictionary

Un homme qui fait des choses de fille, techniquement un homme qui dit slay. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to piquant:
piquant.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word piquant:
spicy, onions, sauce, llc, gloria, haitian, flavor, compensate, wise, dish, dishes, olive, tomatoes, transaction, taste, cheese, meat, faces, beautiful, progress, boys, agreed, details, stands, fully, hot, memory, boy, girls, spanish, issued, italian, effect.

Words that rhyme with piquant:
oblique hint.

Adjectives that are often used to describe piquant:
whole, little, least, unusual, fine, such, most, more.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective piquant:
face, sauce, flavor, contrast, situation, charm, flavour, anecdotes, details, taste, style, sauces, touch, story, detail, interest, manner, things, beauty, expression, stories, features, effect, anecdote, quality, cuisant, situations, nose, note, mixture, mordant, irony, air, effects, epice, character, sketch, contrasts, combination, dish, remarks, wit, sense, humor, dishes, sketches, pleasure, example, grace, element, satire, smell, episode, description, humour, aroma, personality, phrase, rhythms, observations, flavors, reading, scene, originality, novelty, picture, addition, accent, fact, adventures, conversation, expressions, incident, gossip, figure, look, turn, dressing, food, account, aspect, tales, girl, passages, illustration, faces, smile, blend, book, kind, profile, attraction, variety, brunette, harmonies, sallies.

Consonant match to piquant:
peccant.

Words that sound like piquant:
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