sweet and pungent



ambrosial, honeyed, mellifluous, nectarous, sugary, sweet, syrupy ,

   wrinkly - advanced, aged, ancient, corrugated, crumpled, elderly, furrowed, grey, hoar, hoary, knitted, knotted, old, patriarchal, pensioner,

   needle-pointed - acute, barbed, horned, horny, pointed, pronged, spiked, spiny, tapered, tapering, toothed ,

   suspend judgement - abide, accept, blink at, brook, condone, disregard, ignore, live with, overlook, tolerate, wink at ,

   ego - I, alter, alter ego, better self, breath, breath of life, collective unconscious, conscience, conscious self, death instinct, divine breath, ego ideal, ego-id conflict, egocentricity, egoism,

   mousy - afraid, ashen, ashy, bashful, brown, brownish, chicken, chickenhearted, colourless, confused, conscious, coward, cowardly, cowed, cowering,

   urgent - active, actuating, acute, animating, ardent, begging, burning, cajoling, causal, causative, clamorous, coaxing, compelling, compulsory, critical,

   hobbyist - addict, bug, collector, demon, eager beaver, enthusiast, faddist, fanatic, fiend, freak, great one for, hound, infatuate, nut, pursuer,

   cleverly - ably, competently, deftly, discreetly, efficiently, expertly, guilefully, handily, intelligently, judiciously, knowingly, masterfully, neatly, nimbly, quite,

   spearhead - advance guard, airhead, avant-garde, battle line, be the bellwether, beachhead, beacon, blaze the trail, break the ice, bridgehead, cutting edge, farthest outpost, first line, forefront, front,

   astute - Machiavellian, acute, adroit, alert, arch, artful, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, cogent, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful,