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Webster 1913 Edition

Soothing

Sooth′ing

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Adj.

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Noun.

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Verb.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soothing

SOOTH'ING

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ppr.

Flattering; softening; assuaging.

Definition 2024

soothing

soothing

English

Adjective

soothing ‎(comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)

Tending to soothe.
soothing music
Giving relief.
a soothing ointment
Freeing from fear or anxiety.
soothing words

Derived terms

soothingly

Translations

Tending to soothe

Finnish: rauhoittava (fi), tyynnyttävä (fi)
Italian: calmante (it) m, f

Polish: uspokajający m
Swedish: rogivande (sv), lugnande (sv)

Giving relief

Albanian: qetësuese
Danish: lindrende
Dutch: verzachtend (nl)
Finnish: helpottava (fi), lievittävä (fi)

German: erleichternd (de), lindernd
Polish: kojący m, uspokajający m
Portuguese: aliviar (pt)
Swedish: lindrande (sv), lättande (sv)

Freeing from fear or anxiety

Danish: beroligende
Dutch: geruststellend (nl)
Finnish: rauhoittava (fi), tyynnyttävä (fi)
German: beruhigend (de)

Hungarian: megnyugtató (hu)
Italian: calmante (it) m, f
Portuguese: acalmar (pt), relaxar (pt)
Swedish: lugnande (sv)

Verb

soothing

present participle of soothe

Noun

soothing ‎(plural soothings)

The act by which somebody is soothed.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
  There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.

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