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adjectivethat soothes: a soothing voice. tending to assuage pain: a soothing cough syrup. Origin of soothingFirst recorded in 1590–1600; soothe + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM soothingsooth·ing·ly, adverbsooth·ing·ness, nouno·ver·sooth·ing, adjectiveo·ver·sooth·ing·ly, adverb self-soothing, adjectiveun·sooth·ing, adjectiveun·sooth·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby soothingsoony, soot, sooth, soothe, soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soothingUntil Levonuk reappeared an hour later wielding the soothing stuff at another Giant store 20 minutes away. The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks|M.L. Nestel|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST With its exquisite landscapes, birds-eye view and soothing cinematic music, Drone Boning makes sex look like art. Anatomy of a Drone Porn: ‘Drone Boning’ Makes Sex Look Like Art|Aurora Snow|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST This was a soothing thought until I made the connection: my family had chosen to go on vacation without me. ‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’|Eileen Cronin|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST But from the quiet solitude of small-town New England, Dr. Anderson would offer a soothing late-night phone call or Skype session. My Therapist Dumped Me|Lizzie Crocker|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then in a kind and soothing murmur he ran over the important points with Vance, who stood like one stunned. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST At all times he had a soothing word, and a kind pat, for every one of them. Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, No. 697|Various He will make the dose more palateable by soothing their wounded pride. The Greville Memoirs (Third Part) Volume I (of II)|Charles Cavendish Fulke Greville Until the diagnosis is thoroughly established, soothing applications, such as are employed in acute eczema, are to be advised. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon He described the loveliness of unity and courtesy, in soft, soothing tones. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2)|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe He goes home to his sisters and his aunts, and to all the soothing wholesomeness of English country life. An American at Oxford|John Corbin
British Dictionary definitions for soothing
adjectivehaving a calming, assuaging, or relieving effect Derived forms of soothingsoothingly, adverbsoothingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soothingcalming, reassuring, softening, relieving, relaxing, consoling, mollifying, alleviating, pacifying, tranquilizing, easing, remedying, warming, consolatory, palliative |