Dictionary Definition
soothing adj
1 affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment
for her sunburn"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -uːðɪŋ
Adjective
Translations
Tending to soothe
- Finnish: rauhoittava, tyynnyttävä
Giving relief
- Finnish: helpottava, lievittävä
Freeing from fear or anxiety
- Finnish: rauhoittava, tyynnyttävä
- Portuguese : acalmar
Verb
soothing- present participle of soothe
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
United Nations troops, 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