soothing

Meaning

soothe

  1. (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
  2. (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
  3. (rare, transitive) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
  4. (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
  5. (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
  6. (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
  7. (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
  8. (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
  9. (obsolete, transitive) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
  10. (obsolete, transitive) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
  11. (obsolete, transitive) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

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Synonyms

calming
C2
comforting
C1
quieting
sedative
C2
assuasive
appeasing
lenitive
pacifying
tranquilizing
placatory
reassuring
C2
placative
demulcent
paregoric
bland
C2
consolation
C1
healing
C1
emollient
mitigative
pacification
palliative
placating
pleasant
B2
refreshing
C1
relief
B2
relieving
24k
restorative
49k
salving
soft
B1
softening
38k
solace
C2
steadying
subsiding
support
A2
tranquilizer
C2
tranquillizing
unalarming
calmative

rejeuvenating

alleviatory
allayment

affectedly graceful

tranquilising
allaying
tranquillising
alleviative
anodyne
appeasement
49k
balmy
34k
balsamic
40k
Translations

calmante
beruhigend
lindernd
Beruhigung
acalmar
aliviar
émollient
emolliente
adoucissant

Besänftigung

apaisant
verzachtend

schmerzlindernd

relaxar
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsuːðɪŋ/

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