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astringent
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astringent as in:  astringent remarks

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The book contains some of her most astringent remarks.
astringent = harsh
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    The critic’s astringent review left the director feeling defensive.
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    Her astringent comments about his performance left him feeling deflated and discouraged.
    astringent = harsh or biting
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    Despite her astringent remarks, he remained composed and responded with grace.
    astringent = sharp or biting
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    Miss Sonntag greeted him with an astringent "How d'you do, Mr. Babbitt."  (source)
    astringent = harsh
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    His seductive voice, which seemed to lick each of his hideous threats to savor the texture and astringency of it, was filled with the quiet confidence and smug superiority of a megalomaniac who carries the badge of a secret authority, receives a comfortable salary with numerous fringe benefits, and knows that in his old age he will be able to rely upon the cushion of a generous civil-service pension.  (source)
    astringency = harshness
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    Martin remembered how often, how astringently, Gottlieb had sneered at "dese merry vedding or jail bells."†  (source)
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    They were so bright and clear that the sight of them felt astringent against my tired eyes.  (source)
    astringent = harsh
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astringent as in:  treat with an astringent

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    I use an astringent where my skin is oily.
    astringent = tightening lotion
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    He smelled astringents, strange chemicals.  (source)
    astringents = sharp smelling chemicals
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    Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds.  (source)
    astringent = a lotion that causes skin to tighten
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I felt sick with betrayal of him, but in the extremity I had forced my mind to clear as Geilie had shown me, concentrating on the flame of the candle, breathing the astringency of the herbs, calming myself until I could bring him from the shadows, see the lines of his face, feel once more the touch of his hand without weeping.  (source)
astringency = sharp and biting (in smell)
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astringent as in:  astringent taste or smell

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    Some red wines are prized for their slightly astringent flavor, which balances the sweetness.  (source)
    astringent = sharp and drying
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    The strong tea had an astringent aftertaste.
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    Liquid splatters my skin, and the astringent smell of alcohol makes my nostrils flare.  (source)
    astringent = sharp
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    Fate drives me south and south again, Catelyn thought as she sipped the astringent tea, when it is north I should be going, north to home.  (source)
    astringent = having a sharp or puckering taste
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    Mayonnaise, for example, is supposed to be evaluated along six dimensions of appearance (color, color intensity, chroma, shine, lumpiness, and bubbles), ten dimensions of texture (adhesiveness to lips, firmness, denseness, and so on), and fourteen dimensions of flavor, split among three subgroups—aromatics (eggy, mustardy, and so forth); basic tastes (salty, sour, and sweet); and chemical-feeling factors (burn, pungent, astringent).  (source)
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    The smells of antiseptic and astringent seemed to energize him, and the feelings generated by human trauma and fear seemed to motivate him.  (source)
    astringent = sharp medicinal scent
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    He doesn't touch me, but our bodies are close, I can smell his scent, clean in this dirty room, sharp and astringent.  (source)
    astringent = with a sharp smell
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    The taste buds on our tongues can detect the presence of half a dozen or so basic tastes, including: sweet, sour, bitter, salty, astringent, and umami (a taste discovered by Japanese researchers, a rich and full sense of deliciousness triggered by amino acids in foods such as shellfish, mushrooms, potatoes, and seaweed).  (source)
    astringent = having a sharp or puckering taste
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    ... red tourists drifting homeward on the astringent fumes of medicated sunburn lotion,...  (source)
    astringent = sharp medicinal scent
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    The kitchen was sweet with tarts, and some of the berries had boiled over in the oven and burned, making the sharp, bitter-sweet smell pleasant and astringent.  (source)
    astringent = sharp smelling
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    Wine has a drastic, an astringent taste.  (source)
    astringent = sharp and biting
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    The vapor woke up old smells, and there was something astringent in the shaving cream he used that cut into my breath.  (source)
    astringent = sharp and biting (in smell)
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    a container of astringent pads (because I shine so much, thanks to Mom's side of the family);†  (source)
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