sootheverb [ T ]
uk/suːð/us/suːð/soothe verb [ T ] (ANGER)
to make someone feel calm or less worried:
to soothe a crying baby
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Calming and relaxing
- assuage
- balls-to-the-wall
- bask
- bread
- bread and circuses idiom
- calm
- chill
- humour
- lie down
- lighten sth up
- lighten up
- lull
- lull sb into sth
- relaxation
- settle
- simmer down
- slow down
- soften
- steady
- take/need a cold shower idiom
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soothe verb [ T ] (PAIN)
to make a part of the body less painful:
I had a long, hot bath to soothe my aching muscles.
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Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
- attention
- bedside manner
- bring
- care
- clinic
- domiciliary
- eye
- first-line treatment
- keep your/an eye on sth/sb idiom
- mind
- minister
- minister to sb
- modality
- nurse
- patch sb/sth up
- paternal
- referral
- section
- set sb up
- tend
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