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piquant

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of piquant

sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses

  • a piquant tidbit of information about the new neighbors
  • the piquant cuisine of India boasts some highly spiced dishes
Synonyms of piquant

pert, poignant, pungent, salty, savory (also savoury), zesty, zingy
Words Related to piquant

racy, spicy

fiery, gingery, hot, peppery, vinegary

acute, keen

biting, bitter, cutting, mordant, trenchant

animating, energizing, enlightening, exciting, galvanizing, invigorating, piquing, provocative, provoking

ambrosial, appetizing, delectable, delicious, luscious, palatable, scrumptious, toothsome

flavorful, savorous, tasty

absorbing, arresting, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, interesting, intriguing, riveting
Near Antonyms of piquant

flat, flavorless, savorless, tasteless

arid, banal, barren, boring, colorless, drab, dreary, dry, dull, flat, humdrum, leaden, monotonous, numbing, pedestrian, ponderous, predictable, stale, stodgy, tedious, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, wearying

bland, dilute, thin, watery, weak
Antonyms of piquant

insipid, zestless

Synonym Discussion of piquant

pungent, piquant, poignant, racy mean sharp and stimulating to the mind or the senses. pungent implies a sharp, stinging, or biting quality especially of odors.
    • a cheese with a pungent odor
piquant suggests a power to whet the appetite or interest through tartness or mild pungency.
    • a piquant sauce
poignant suggests something is sharply or piercingly effective in stirring one's emotions.
    • felt a poignant sense of loss
racy implies having a strongly characteristic natural quality fresh and unimpaired.
    • spontaneous, racy prose

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