Astringent

Word ASTRINGENT
Character 10
Hyphenation as trin gent
Pronunciations /əˈstɹɪn.dʒənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Astringent"

What do we mean by astringent?

Tending to draw together or constrict tissues; styptic. adjective

Sharp and penetrating; pungent or severe. adjective

A substance or preparation, such as alum, that draws together or constricts body tissues and is effective in stopping the flow of blood or other secretions. noun

Binding; contracting; constrictive; styptic.

A substance which contracts the tissues and canals of the body, condensing the soft solids, and thereby checking or diminishing excessive discharges, as of blood. noun

Formerly also adstringent. noun

Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative adjective

Stern; austere. adjective

A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc. noun

A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood. noun

Sharp, caustic, severe. adjective

Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic. adjective

Sour or bitter in taste adjective

A drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals noun

Tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue adjective

A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Astringent

The word "astringent" in example sentences

You can also wipe your palms with cotton balls dipped in astringent, to remove unwanted body oils. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A far better film on a similar subject, and more astringent, is Shadow of A Doubt. ❋ Unknown (2006)

This ceremony is still practised occasionally in India, and Dr. Hang has tasted this sacred beverage, which he describes as astringent, bitter, intoxicating, and very disagreeable. [ ❋ James Freeman Clarke (1849)

However oily your skin is, I would not recommend you to use skin tonic containing alcohol (often called astringent). ❋ Unknown (2008)

In close connection with this fact there stands also the so-called astringent effect of the milieu upon the individuals who are incapable of rising out of their environment, of stepping out of it. ❋ Robert Ezra Park (1926)

Besides, when I'm prattling on about blueberries and cedar, it's always good to hear Kate's input, which invariably ranges from "astringent," to "I like that one," to "which is the most expensive?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

When I want to be fancy by having extra glow, I start with #1 (just for the fun tingly bits), and do the following: 2. Out of shower, I use a gentle "astringent" (they don't call it that) - Chantecaille's Rosewater. ❋ PeaceBang (2006)

Eat a little of this quince-pie; it is very proper and convenient for the shutting up of the orifice of the ventricle of the stomach, because of a kind of astringent stypticity which is in that sort of fruit, and is helpful to the first concoction. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Casually dropping the word "astringent" belies skincare knowledge, setting off warning bells that perhaps this counselor is guiltier than he lets on. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We must get stuff out into the open, tear the scab off this wound, apply a stinging astringent to it, and cauterize it with a blowtorch. ❋ Silpa Kovvali (2011)

But given admonitions about wise eating, and the health and safety constrictions on slaked lime, available – if at all – for £20 a kilo, I must either devise a new means of neutralising that astringent sap or be content to dwell on the memory of green fig conserve. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When we picked the figs, the sap, milky and astringent, stung our hands. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He remembered the way her skin had smelled sharply of astringent, and the brightness that had come into her eyes when he looped her in his arms. ❋ Doug Bond (2011)

You know, I love a bracing, astringent cup of tea, the way the Brits make it — and with milk! ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Granny Med: "Lemon juice is a natural astringent and mild antibacterial agent." ❋ Svetlana Feller (2012)

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