These grapes are fairly astringent, so they make my mouth pucker.
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Astringent
//əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "astringent" (100 found)
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Related words (50)
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4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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4 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- στυπτικός adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- στῦμμα noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Arabic
1 entries- مُقَلِص noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Assamese
1 entries- কেঁহা adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Catalan
2 entries- astringent adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- astringent noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 爽膚水 /爽肤水 noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Czech
2 entries- adstringentní adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- svíravý adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
Dutch
4 entries- bijtend adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- samentrekkend adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- scherp adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- streng adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Esperanto
1 entries- acerba adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Finnish
4 entries- adstringoiva adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- jumoava adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- kärkevä adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- pistävä adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
French
1 entries- astringence noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Galician
3 entries- adstrinxente adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- adstrinxente adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- adstrinxente noun (substance which draws tissue together)
German
2 entries- adstringierend adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- Adstringens noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Hebrew
1 entries- עפיצות noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Indonesian
2 entries- kelat adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- sepat adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Japanese
4 entries- 収斂性の adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- 渋い adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- 辛辣 adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- 収斂剤 noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Korean
4 entries- 떫다 adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- 수렴성의 adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- 신랄한 adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- 수렴제 noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Polish
1 entries- surowy adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Portuguese
3 entries- adstringente adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- adstringente adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- adstringente noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Russian
3 entries- вя́жущий adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- кровоостана́вливающий adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- вя́жущее сре́дство noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Spanish
3 entries- astringente adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
- astringente adj (having the effect of drawing tissue together)
- astringente noun (substance which draws tissue together)
Thai
1 entries- ฝาด adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chát adj (sharp, caustic, severe)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
An astringent, like an alum block or styptic pencil, helps close and heal small cuts after shaving.
Source: tatoeba (10693689)
I can't find an astringent that doesn't dry out my skin.
Source: tatoeba (10913269)
The medlars are still astringent.
Source: tatoeba (11476935)
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