Definition for Astringency:

• the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids

Synonyms for Astringency:

• n.

  •acerbity (noun)
  • acidity,
  • mordancy,
  • asperity.
  •acidity (noun)
  • causticity.
  •acrimony (noun)
  • animosity,
  • rudeness,
  • ill will,
  • bitterness,
  • virulence,
  • malice,
  • antipathy,
  • harshness,
  • malevolence,
  • peevishness,
  • rancor,
  • belligerence,
  • irascibility,
  • sarcasm.
  •astringence (noun)
  • astringence.
  •astringency (noun)
  • stypsis.
  •bitterness (noun)
  • acridity,
  • sharpness,
  • piquancy.
  •flavor (noun)
  • gusto,
  • Sweetness,
  • zing,
  • zest,
  • extract,
  • relish,
  • tang,
  • seasoning,
  • saltiness,
  • smack,
  • spiciness,
  • sapidity,
  • twang,
  • wallop,
  • savor,
  • aroma,
  • vim,
  • hotness,
  • essence.
  •sapor (noun)
  • taste.
  •severity (noun)
  • briskness,
  • starkness,
  • abruptness,
  • gruffness,
  • intensity,
  • severity,
  • frostiness,
  • crispness,
  • keenness,
  • brusqueness,
  • austerity,
  • coolness,
  • grimness,
  • acuteness,
  • bluntness,
  • stringency,
  • meticulousness,
  • rigorousness,
  • leanness,
  • discipline,
  • correctness,
  • preciseness,
  • dryness,
  • matter-of-factness,
  • sternness,
  • oppressiveness,
  • strictness,
  • authoritarianism,
  • bleakness,
  • chilliness.
  •soberness (noun)
  • abstinence.
  •stricture (noun)
  • choking,
  • narrowing,
  • binding,
  • squeezing,
  • contraction,
  • tightening,
  • shrinking,
  • compression.
  •temperance (noun)
  • control,
  • prohibition,
  • reasonableness,
  • self-control,
  • forbearance,
  • selfcontrol,
  • golden mean,
  • measure,
  • happy medium,
  • mortification,
  • moderation,
  • continence,
  • unintoxication,
  • abnegation,
  • soberness,
  • self-deprivation,
  • Refrainment,
  • conservatism,
  • self-discipline,
  • asceticism,
  • stoicism,
  • teetotalism,
  • frugality,
  • eschewal,
  • abstemiousness,
  • prudence,
  • restraint,
  • uninebriation,
  • forgoing,
  • constraint,
  • discretion,
  • self-denial,
  • sobriety,
  • sacrifice,
  • moderateness,
  • moderatism.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • state of matter.
  •
  • consistency.
  •
  • delicacy.
  •
  • state.

Antonyms for Astringency:

• n.

  • acerbity
    Sweetness, mellowness, mildness, kindness.
  • acrimony
    courtesy, like, politeness, love, good will, sympathy, diplomacy, civility, flattery, benevolence, liking.
  • bitterness
    contentment, happiness, geniality.
  • flavor
    blandness.
  • soberness
    self-indulgence.
  • stricture
    enlargement.
  • temperance
    carelessness, excess, agitation, indulgence, intemperance, rashness, permission, wildness, allowance.

Astringency Sentence Examples:

• Furthermore through its astringency this root is admirable for arresting bleedings.

• She was chilled, and raw with the crude astringency of the soap, but she felt cleansed to the marrow of her bones, as though there had been some mystic quality in this lustration in running water, performed under the open sky.

Homophones for Astringency:

• astringence.