moisturizing
noun, adjective, verb
moisturizing is a noun meaning “The act of making something moist; especially, of a cosmetic, making the skin or hair less dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-O-I-S-T-U-R-I-Z-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does moisturizing mean?
noun
- 1
The act of making something moist; especially, of a cosmetic, making the skin or hair less dry.
adjective
- 1
That moisturizes.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of moisturize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of moisturizing
- more moisturizing comparative
- most moisturizing superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is moisturizing?
Moisturizing appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Moisturizing in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that moisturizes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | feuchtigkeitsspendend |
| Spanish | humectante, humectador, hidratante, humedecedor, humedeciente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.