- (transitive) to make calm or tranquil
- (transitive) to relieve or assuage (pain, longing, etc)
- (intransitive) to bring tranquillity or relief
ˈsoother n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2017
soothe /suð/USA pronunciation
v., soothed, sooth•ing.
sooth•ing, adj.: her quiet, soothing voice.
sooth•ing•ly, adv.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2017- to offer comfort to;
cause to be calm:[~ + object]to soothe someone with kind words. - to relieve the pain in or of (something): [~ + object]a lotion to soothe sunburned skin.[no object]The lotion soothes as it heals.
sooth•ing, adj.: her quiet, soothing voice.
sooth•ing•ly, adv.
soothe
(so̅o̅ᵺ),USA pronunciation v., soothed, sooth•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
- to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings;
relieve, comfort, or refresh:soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink. - to mitigate, assuage, or allay, as pain, sorrow, or doubt:to soothe sunburned skin.
v.i.
- to exert a soothing influence;
bring tranquillity, calm, ease, or comfort.
- bef. 950; Middle English sothen to verify, Old English sōthian, equivalent. to sōth sooth + -ian infinitive suffix; modern English sense shift "to verify''
"to support (a person's statement)'' "to encourage'' "to calm''
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See comfort, allay.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alleviate, appease, mollify.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged upset, roil.
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soothe /suːð/ vb
ˈsoother n
ˈsoother n
'soothe' also found in these entries:
abirritate
- agitate
- allay
- annoy
- appease
- assuage
- attemper
- bathe
- blandish
- calm
- cold cream
- comfort
- console
- coy
- demulcent
- ease
- exacerbate
- gentle
- heal
- hug
- humor
- inflame
- jujube
- lenient
- lenitive
- lull
- lullaby
- mitigate
- mollify
- pacify
- pique
- quiet
- ruffle
- salve
- salvo
- sedate
- sedative
- smooth
- soften
- soothing
- still
- wound