Soothing

ahd-5
  • adjective. Tending to soothe.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of one who soothes; that which soothes.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • a. & n. from soothe, v.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Tending to soothe.
  • adjective. Giving relief.
  • adjective. Freeing from fear or anxiety.
  • verb. Present participle of soothe.
  • noun. The act by which somebody is soothed.
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  • adjective. affording physical relief
  • adjective. freeing from fear and anxiety
    • Word Usage
    "Peter gave Jack a nip now and again from the flask, and before we turned in in camp he gave him what he called a soothing draught from a little medicine chest that he carried in his saddle-bag."
    Equivalent
    comfortable  comfy  reassuring  
    Form
    soothingly  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    smoothing  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    United Nations troops  abatement  allayment  alleviating  alleviation  
    variant
    soothe  
    verb-stem
    soothe  
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