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Webster 1913 Edition
Soothing
Sooth′ing
,Webster 1828 Edition
Soothing
SOOTH'ING
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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
Translations
Tending to soothe
Giving relief
Freeing from fear or anxiety
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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.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton