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emollient
adjective as in soothing
noun as in lotion
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Rubenstein listened and as an emollient agreed to an in-house investigation.
No soft hand of woman smoothed his pillow or relieved the agony of pain and suffering by the timely opiate or emollient.
Ben rushed, and had an emollient; spouted again and was corked; again, and received a neat red-waxen stopper.
The bowels have been kept open from the 19th, by the occasional use of emollient injections.
It was attempted to relieve this induration by emollient fomentations.
He must have seen that its effect would only be to irritate a spirit needing an emollient.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to emollient, such as: demulcent, healing, lenitive, palliative, softening, and balsamic.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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