soothe
/suːð/ verb B1- To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- To bring comfort or relief.
- To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
He/she/it soothes · Past soothed · Past participle soothed · -ing form soothing
Verb forms
- Base form
- soothe
- He/she/it
- soothes
- Past
- soothed
- Past participle
- soothed
- -ing form
- soothing
From the library
“Well, perhaps not,” said Alice in a soothing tone: “don’t be angry about it.
I’m an inch taller than Diana, but she is ever so much fatter; she says she’d like to be thin because it’s so much more graceful, but I’m afraid she only said it to soothe my feelings.
A good cry, indulged in the grateful solitude of the east gable, had soothed her nerves and restored her to her wonted cheerfulness.
Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that any attempt to reason with or soothe her would only increase the irritation.
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