emollient
C2CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
FormalRegister
General adjective
Seeking to soothe or soften an angry or difficult situation or person.
Her emollient remarks after the walkout were plainly meant to keep the fragile coalition together.
Medicine noun
A preparation that softens and moisturises the skin by reducing water loss from its surface.
Liberal use of a bland emollient restored the skin barrier in the eczematous child.
Law adjective
Aiming to soften a mood or avert conflict.
An emollient remark from the chair defused the exchange before it hardened into a walkout.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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