Crossword clues for soother
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soother \Sooth"er\, n. One who, or that which, soothes.
Sooth \Sooth\ (s[=oo]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. Soother (s[=oo]th"[~e]r); superl. Soothest.] [OE. soth, AS. s[=o][eth], for san[eth]; akin to OS. s[=o][eth], OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr. as, L. esse; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr. 'eteo`s, Skr. satya. [root]9. Cf. Absent, Am, Essence, Is, Soothe, Sutee.]
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True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.]
The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt.
--Chaucer.That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
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Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.]
The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains.
--Milton.With jellies soother than the creamy curd.
--Keats.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
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(context archaic English) (en-comparative of: sooth), truer. Etymology 2
n. 1 One who, or that which, soothes. 2 (context Canada, Ireland English) A plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. v
To soothe.
Usage examples of "soother".
Mirtin would never take an active role, while Glair provoked sexual activity only in the feminine facet of the healer, the consoler, the soother.
If she chooses to nurse her baby, her breasts also become linked to her feelings about herself as a mother, as a nurturer and soother.
Water, sweetest soother to kiss a wound and cool, Sweetest and divinest, the sky-born brook, Chuckled, with a whimper, and made a mirror-pool Round the guest we welcomed, the strange hand shook.
News begins crying very loudly indeed, and Ambrose has to spend some time soothing her and I wish to state that when it comes to soothing a beautiful there are few better soothers than Ambrose Hammer on the island of Manhattan.
Tim was a born con artist, a smiler and a soother, not a leg-breaker or hit man.
Jack hoped the song was only a crowd soother after the day's seventh fistfight on the floor, this last between a Jackson delegate defecting to Hartmann and a floor manager who was trying to change his mind.