| 单词 | soothing powder |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoothing powder b. Of medical applications, drugs, etc.; spec. soothing powder (in quot. figurative); soothing syrup, a medicinal preparation supposed to calm fretful children; frequently figurative, flattery; empty reassurance; merely palliative remedies; mawkish or sentimental music, emotion, etc.; hence soothing-syrupy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [noun] fickling?c1225 flattering?c1225 oluhningc1225 glozec1290 glozing1297 losengery1303 blandishingc1305 blandingc1315 flatteryc1320 glotheringc1325 soothinga1400 honey word?1406 faginga1425 flatrisec1440 smekingc1440 blandishc1475 blandiment?1510 glavering1545 coggingc1555 good1563 milksop1577 court holy water1583 glavery1583 blandishment1591 lipsalve1591 court holy bread1592 flatter1593 colloguing1596 sooth1597 daub?1602 blandation1605 lullaby1611 court-water1616 butter1618 blandiloquy1623 oil1645 court-element1649 courtshipment1649 courtship1655 blandiloquence1656 court-creama1657 daubing1656 fleecha1700 Spanish money1699 cajole1719 whiting1721 palaver1733 butter boat1747 flummery1749 treacle1771 Spanish coin1785 blancmange1790 blarney1796 soft corn1814 whillywha1816 carney1818 buttering up1819 soft soap1821 flam1825 slaver1825 soft solder1836 soothing syrup1839 soft-soaping1840 plámás1853 sawder1854 soap1854 salve1859 taffy1878 plámásing1897 flannel1927 smarm1937 flannelling1945 sweet talk1945 schmear1950 smarming1950 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > sedative > for children soothing syrup1839 mother's blessing1862 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing sedativec1425 lenitive1543 lenifying1617 demulcing1619 lenient1652 levative1657 levigating1710 demulcent1732 temperating1753 demulcetive1756 soothing1899 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > act, means, or source of consolation or relief > empty comfort soothing syrup1901 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners fairOE honeyed1435 glozed1509 fair-tongued1541 fine1568 smoothed1568 smoothinga1592 sugary1591 slicked1594 rose water1598 rose-watered1599 candied1604 soft1609 courtlya1616 smooth-faced1626 oileda1640 blandished1671 sugar1687 fair-spoken1704 smooth-tongued1761 silky1778 pill-gilded1822 blarneyfied1830 greasy1848 blarneyed1861 soothering1866 soothing-syrupy1902 1839 Spirit of Times 27 Apr. 87/2 Then comes an ague from Canady, vich can't be cured by American Soothing Syrup nor Durham Mustard. 1861 N.Y. Tribune 26 Dec. 2/5 Don't fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 422 Infants who are being drugged by unscrupulous nurses with ‘soothing syrups’ or other opiates. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 597 The affection..disappears in a few weeks under an iron tonic and a soothing application. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis ii. ix. 193 Senator Bell was their candidate, and they proposed to give the Nation soothing-syrup. 1901 W. Churchill Crisis ii. xiv. 246 When the worst comes, the Soothing Syrup men will rally for the Union. 1902 G. H. Lorimer Lett. Merchant xviii. 261 A lady..in a soothing-sirupy way asked if I would lend it to her. 1914 G. B. Shaw Translations & Tomfooleries (1926) 243 I really cannot earn two hundred and fifty guineas by playing soothing syrup to you. 1917 R. Fry Let. 20 July (1972) II. 415 My first soothing powder..was to have been a preface but got printed separately. 1926 E. Glyn Love's Blindness xvi. 183 If he dispelled..all alarm in Vanessa's imagination, it might possibly be only temporary soothing syrup. 1928 E. O'Neill Strange Interlude viii. 305 Here are passion and hatred and regret and joy and pain and ecstasy, and these are men and women..whose blood is blood and not soothing syrup! 1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 26 Oct. 5/1 The race between Russia and the United States to obtain strategic bases is fooling no one but the American people—who are still being doped with soothing syrup that differences between ourselves and Russia are those of language and inexperience in foreign affairs. 1963 Times 21 Jan. 9/2 Mr. Macmillan and his colleagues must put away the soothing syrup that nothing is really as bad as it seems, that even if all is not quite for the best it automatically will be in the end. 1978 O. White Silent Reach xxvi. 268 That's a personal assurance, not official soothing syrup. < as lemmas |
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