'Soothing' definitions:
Definition of 'soothing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"
adjective
Freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: assuasive, soothing]
Definition of 'Soothing'
From: GCIDE
- Soothe \Soothe\ (s[=oo][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so[eth]ien to verify, AS. ges[=o][eth]ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See Sooth, a.]
- 1. To assent to as true. [Obs.] --Testament of Love. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. [1913 Webster]
- Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows. [1913 Webster]
- Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]
- Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'soothing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatement,
- allayment,
- alleviating,
- alleviation,
- alleviative,
- analgesia,
- analgesic,
- anesthesia,
- anesthetic,
- anesthetizing,
- anodyne,
- appeasement,
- appeasing,
- assuagement,
- assuasive,
- balmy,
- balsamic,
- benumbing,
- blunting,
- calm,
- calmant,
- calmative,
- calming,
- cathartic,
- cleansing,
- comforting,
- conciliation,
- conciliatory,
- cradling,
- damping,
- deadening,
- demulcent,
- demulsion,
- depressant,
- detente,
- diminishment,
- diminution,
- dreamy,
- drowsy,
- dulcification,
- dulling,
- ease,
- easement,
- easing,
- easing of relations,
- emollient,
- falling-off,
- gentling,
- hushing,
- hypnotic,
- irenic,
- leniency,
- lenitive,
- lessening,
- letdown,
- letup,
- lightening,
- loosening,
- lubricant,
- lubricating,
- lubricational,
- lubricative,
- lulling,
- mediation,
- mitigating,
- mitigation,
- mitigative,
- modulation,
- mollification,
- mollifying,
- narcotic,
- numbing,
- pacific,
- pacification,
- pacificatory,
- pacifying,
- pain-killing,
- palliation,
- palliative,
- paregoric,
- peace-keeping force,
- peaceful,
- peacemaking,
- peacemongering,
- placability,
- placation,
- placative,
- placatory,
- propitiation,
- propitiative,
- propitiatory,
- purgative,
- quiet,
- quietening,
- quieting,
- reconciliatory,
- reduction,
- relaxation,
- relaxation of tension,
- relaxing,
- relief,
- relieving,
- remedial,
- remedy,
- remission,
- restful,
- rocking,
- salving,
- sedative,
- serene,
- slackening,
- sleep-inducing,
- soft,
- softening,
- somnifacient,
- somniferous,
- soothful,
- soporific,
- stilling,
- subduement,
- subduing,
- tempering,
- tranquilization,
- tranquilizing,
- United Nations troops