tastings sharp (and sometimes unpleasant)
pungent, sharp
Cases of word usage
1) (of smell or taste) unpleasantly sharp; bitter (acrid)
2) the brownish-yellow bitter liquid produced by the liver to help in digesting food (bile)
3) a kind of shrub with berries containing seeds (called beans) used for making a dark, bitter drink (coffee)
4) bile; a bitter feeling; impudence (gall)
5) (an evergreen tree common in South Europe with a) small fruit with a hard seed like a stone and a bitter taste, eaten or used to make an oil (olive oil) which is used for cooking, in salads etc (olive)
6) a bitter medicine used for fevers such as malaria (quinine)