All astringency synonyms

noun astringency

• acerbity — Acerbity is a kind of bitter, critical humour.
• acidity — the quality or state of being acid
• causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
• mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
• sharpness — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
• bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
• sting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
• harshness — ungentle and unpleasant in action or effect: harsh treatment; harsh manners.
• severity — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
• bitterness — having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
• acridness — Bitterness or acerbity.
• pungency — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.
• sourness — having an acid taste, resembling that of vinegar, lemon juice, etc.; tart.
• tartness — sharp to the taste; sour or acid: Tart apples are best for pie. Synonyms: astringent, acrid, piquant. Antonyms: sweet, sugary, bland, mellow.
• speech — the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity.
• animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
• belligerence — the act or quality of being belligerent or warlike; aggressiveness
• ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
• rancor — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• rancour — bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
• antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
• asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
• crankiness — ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
• irascibility — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
• malevolence — the quality, state, or feeling of being malevolent; ill will; malice; hatred.
• malice — desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness: the malice and spite of a lifelong enemy.
• peevishness — cross, querulous, or fretful, as from vexation or discontent: a peevish youngster.
• rudeness — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
• sarcasm — harsh or bitter derision or irony.
• spite — a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
• unkindness — lacking in kindness or mercy; severe.
• virulence — quality of being virulent.
• churlish — Someone who is churlish is unfriendly, bad-tempered, or impolite.
• acridity — sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.: acrid smoke from burning rubber.
• brackish — Brackish water is slightly salty and unpleasant.
• briny — of or resembling brine; salty
• piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
• aroma — An aroma is a strong, pleasant smell.
• seasoning — one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
• oversweet — having the taste or flavor characteristic of sugar, honey, etc.
• zest — keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
• gusto — hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: to dance with gusto. Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
• hotness — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
• relish — liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
• saltiness — tasting of or containing salt; saline.
• sapid — having taste or flavor.
• savor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
• savour — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
• smack — Arthur, 1863–1935, British statesman and labor leader: Nobel Peace Prize 1934.
• spicey — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.