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piquant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | engaging |
a piquant face with large appealing eyes.
Examples of piquant
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Meanwhile, Swedish sibling duo FAK serve up a pretty shade of piquant indie pop.
From the metro.co.uk
In contrast, non-piquant chilli seeds passed by the rodents failed to germinate.
From the newscientist.com
Around Thriller's time, Jackson's weirdness was startling, peripheral, piquant.
From the time.com
Serve with a smirk and your best impression of the piquant wit of Roger Sterling.
From the couriermail.com.au
The Cuban influence of the cuisine features broad and piquant Caribbean flavours.
From the theargus.co.uk
More spices are added, and the soup turns out more piquant and thicker than ukha.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The key element wasn't the pasta or the meat or the mildly piquant red peppers.
From the washingtonpost.com
A little sharp cheddar, mellow Gruyere or piquant blue cheese won't hurt, either.
From the npr.org
But Mexican food can be more tasty than this without being frighteningly piquant.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- Having an agreeably pungent taste
- Engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty language"
- Engaging: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
- (piquantly) with strong spices; in a spicy manner; "the soup was spicily flavored"
- (piquantness) nip: a tart spicy quality
- (piquantness) piquancy: the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
- Piquance (noun) (often referred to as "hotness", "pungence", "raciness", "spiciness", or the condition of something being "spicy hot") is a type of pungence specific to the sense of taste. ...
- Engaging; charming; Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; stimulating; Causing hurt feelings; scathing
- A term which generally means a tangy flavor.
