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Definitions for Soothing
[1] that soothes: a soothing voice.
[2] tending to assuage pain: a soothing cough syrup.
[3] 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.
[4] to mitigate, assuage, or allay, as pain, sorrow, or doubt: to soothe sunburned skin.
[5] to exert a soothing influence; bring tranquillity, calm, ease, or comfort.
[6] having a calming, assuaging, or relieving effect
[7] (tr) to make calm or tranquil
[8] (tr) to relieve or assuage (pain, longing, etc)
[9] (intr) to bring tranquillity or relief
Words related to Soothing
calming, reassuring, relieving, relaxing, consoling, alleviating, easing, remedying, warming, consolatory, palliative
Words nearby Soothing
soony, soot, sooth, soothe, soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch
Origin of Soothing
ebefore 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”
Other words from Soothing
sooth·ing·ly , adverb
sooth·ing·ness , noun
o·ver·sooth·ing , adjective
o·ver·sooth·ing·ly , adverb
self-sooth·ing , adjective
un·sooth·ing , adjective
un·sooth·ing·ly , adverb
sooth·er , noun
self-soothed , adjective
un·soothed , adjective
Word origin for Soothing
eC16 (in the sense: to mollify): from Old English sōthian to prove; related to Old Norse sanna to assert; see sooth
Synonyms for Soothing
calming, reassuring, alleviating, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming, consolatory, palliative