emollient

e·mol·lient  (-mlynt)

adj.

1. Softening and soothing, especially to the skin.

2. Making less harsh or abrasive; mollifying: the emollient approach of a diplomatic mediator.

n.

1. An agent that softens or soothes the skin.

2. An agent that assuages or mollifies.

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[Latin mollins, mollient-, present participle of mollre, to soften : -, ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + mollre, to soften (from mollis, soft; see mel-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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emollient [ɪˈmɒljənt]

adj

1. (Medicine) softening or soothing, esp to the skin

2. helping to avoid confrontation; calming

n

(Medicine) any preparation or substance that has a softening or soothing effect, esp when applied to the skin

[from Latin ēmollīre to soften, from mollis soft]

emollience  n

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emollient

a medical preparation that has a soothing effect on surface tissues.

See also: Remedies

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emollient, emolliate - Emollient is from Latin emolliere, "to soften"; to emolliate is to soften or make effeminate.

See also related terms for soften.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	emollient - toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin ointment, cream cold cream, coldcream, face cream, vanishing cream - a cream used cosmetically (mostly by women) for softening and cleaning the skin hand cream - moisturizing cream for the hands lanolin - an emollient containing wool fat (a fatty substance obtained from the wool of sheep) nard, spikenard - an aromatic ointment used in antiquity sun blocker, sunblock, sunscreen - a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA) to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn toilet articles, toiletry - artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body)
Adj.	1.	emollient - having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin demulcent, salving, softening soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight

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emollient

noun

moisturizer, oil, cream, lotion, balm, ointment, salve, liniment, lenitive Grapeseed oil is a gentle emollient.

adjective

1. soothing, softening, assuaging, palliative, balsamic, mollifying, moisturizing, demulcent, lenitive, assuasive an emollient cream which I find invaluable for sunburn

2. conciliatory, calming, disarming, appeasing, pacifying, pacific, mollifying, peaceable, placatory, irenic, propitiative The government's recent tone has been emollient.

Translations

emollient [ɪˈmɒlɪənt]

A. ADJ → emoliente

B. N → emoliente m

emollient [ɪˈmɒliənt]

n (= cream, lotion) → émollient m

adj

[cream, lotion, ingredients] → émollient(e)

[person] → conciliant(e); [approach] → conciliant(e); [speech, statement] → conciliant(e)

emollient (Med)

n → Linderungsmittel nt

adj → lindernd