unguent
3
9.9
- noun
- /ˈʌŋɡwənt/
- Specialized
:
ungüento
- Scented oils and unguents were massaged into her shining skin; imagining the friction caused by this prolonged rubbing made me slightly sick.
- prescription unguent and powder
Examples
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When she is not selling upscale unguents, Lorelei can be found working out at the gym.
Fiction book (1999) -
Its glass surface held globed lamps and ranks of creams, unguents, and beauty instruments.
Fiction book (1999) -
Faith wiped my face with an unguent.
Fiction book (1997) -
I do not douse myself with sweet unguents.
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Zovirax ophthalmic unguent should be used 28 days after opening the tube.
Blog text (23) -
Grimsrud opens the medicine cabinet and delicately taps aside various bottles and tubes, seeking the proper unguent.
Fiction book (1996) -
Colene and Provos were taken into a separate chamber, stripped, washed, touched with unguent, and magically healed of their cuts.
Fiction book (1992) -
So Solomon asked her to marry him, and to please him she used various unguents and herbs to render the legs as smooth as a baby's skin...
Fiction book (1994) -
Over the top of the milky shower glass, I had looked at her as she fumbled through perfumes and unguents set out on a silver tray beside the sink.
Fiction book (1990) -
She used the soothing unguent to relieve her sunburn.
Synonyms
49
3.3
A smooth thick oily substance you put on the skin to help it heal or feel soft
16
3.7
A soft medicine that you put on the skin to heal or soothe irritation
10
6.4
A soft oily substance you put on skin to help it heal
1
9.9
A thick oily medicine spread on the skin to soothe irritation
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word unguent comes from the Latin ungere, which means 'to anoint' or 'to rub on', and is like the common word ointment. So an unguent is a soft, oily substance you put on the skin to heal or soothe.