astringence n a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker Usage(s) Let scepticism reign And its astringence clear the brain! To the Cherrells, who had sound ideas on income (which they pronounced "ink 'em") but thought more of Service to the . In astringence and cleverness, Finn is the child of Stephen Sondheim. Synonym(s) astringency