Soothe

/suːð/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
2. (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
3. (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
4. (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
5. (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
6. (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
7. (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
8. (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.

Example Sentences

Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.

I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away

To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.

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Word Forms

• soothes
• soothing
• soothed
• sooth

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