Soothe

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To calm or placate.
  • v. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).
  • verb-intransitive. To bring comfort, composure, or relief.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
  • v. To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
  • v. To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
  • v. To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
  • v. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
  • v. To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
  • v. To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
  • v. To calm or placate someone or some situation.
  • v. To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
  • v. To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
  • v. To bring comfort or relief.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To assent to as true.
  • v. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
  • v. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To prove true; verify; confirm as truth.
  • To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
  • To assent to; yield to; humor by agreement or concession.
  • To keep in good humor; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
  • To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquillity; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
  • To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
  • To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
  • Synonyms and
  • To compose, tranquilize, pacify, ease, alleviate.
  • To temporize by assent, concession, flattery or cajolery.
  • To have a comforting or tranquilizing influence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. give moral or emotional strength to
  • v. cause to feel better
  • Verb Form
    soothed    soothes    soothing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    relieve    palliate    alleviate    assuage   
    Hyponym
    calm    tranquillise    quieten    lull    ease    still    quiet    relieve    calm down    tranquillize   
    Form
    soothing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pacify    soften    mitigate    compose    mollify    allay    tranquilize    assuage    gratify    flatter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    smooth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts