You know that vinegar like liquid teens put on their faces in order to tighten their pores and dry up their pimples? That's astringent. An astringent personality, on the other hand, is perceived as bitter and perhaps even a bit toxic.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative;
Noun
a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
Adjective
tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions"
Adjective S.
sour or bitter in taste
a.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; --
opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent
taste; astringent fruit.
a.
Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
n.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction
in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus,
etc.
Astringent
Astringent
External astringents are called styptics.
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative;
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
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