emollient
adjective
[ ɪˈmɒlɪənt ]
• having the quality of softening or soothing the skin.
• "a rich emollient shampoo"
• attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; calming or conciliatory.
• "the president's emollient approach to differences"
Similar:
conciliatory,
conciliating,
appeasing,
soothing,
calming,
pacifying,
assuaging,
placating,
mollifying,
relaxing,
propitiatory,
emollient
noun
• a preparation that softens the skin.
• "always moisturize exposed skin with an effective emollient"
Similar:
moisturizer,
cream,
oil,
ointment,
rub,
lotion,
salve,
unguent,
balsam,
humectant,
pomade,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin emollient- ‘making soft’, from the verb emollire, from e- (variant of ex- ‘out’) + mollis ‘soft’.
