- acerb, acerbic, astringent, sharp - sour or bitter in taste
Antonym: sweet (indirect, via sour)
- astringent - tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue; "astringent cosmetic lotions"
Antonym: nonastringent
- astringent, astringent drug, styptic - a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals
--1 is a kind of medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
--1 has particulars: alumDerived forms: verb astringe1, verb astringe2