Crossword clues for soothing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To assent to as true. [Obs.]
--Testament of Love.-
To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow.
--Shak.I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again.
--Addison. -
To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
--Congreve.Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing.
--Byron.Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
Soothing \Sooth"ing\, a. & n. from Soothe, v.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1590s, "flattering," from present participle of soothe. Sense of "mollifying" is from 1746. Related: Soothingly.
Wiktionary
1 Tending to soothe. 2 Giving relief. 3 Freeing from fear or anxiety. n. The act by which somebody is soothed. v
(present participle of soothe English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "soothing".
Again that strange, glorious accent that reverberated through her like a warm, soothing caress.
The soothing smells of Akasha wafted slowly into her psyche, like a balm to her soul.
He was soothing the buffaloes now by voice, and Akela had dropped far to the rear, only whimpering once or twice to hurry the rear-guard.
Robert succeeded in soothing him -- and the poor old lion is very quiet on the whole, roaring softly, to beguile the time, in Latin alcaics against his wife and Louis Napoleon.
Wrapping the reins more securely around his fist, Alec coaxed the nervous mare along with soothing words as her hooves struck loose stones.
Any gentleman, surely, by now, speaking reassuring, soothing words, averting his eyes from my beauty, would have hastened to release me from my predicament.
I ignored this mutinous outburst and sprayed the ugly scarlet weals, coating them with a protective and soothing skin, and then I lifted her into my arms and held her like that while the morphine smoothed out the fearful burning agony of the stings and Chubby ran us back to the island.
I had learned the basics, but knitting for me was still a pitched battle with knotted thread and slippery needles, not the soothing, dreamy exercise that Jamie and Ian made of it, needles clicketing away in their big hands by the fire, comforting as the sound of crickets on the hearth.
An ancient nun came from the convent to spread a soothing ointment over his skin, all the while clucking her tongue.
Hak complied, playing a soft, soothing hiss through the cochlear implants, but still it seemed to Ponter to be a long time before he fell asleep.
I added a fourth in the soothing coolth of the Four Seasons bar while I waited for the British Airways Chicago-Montreal-London flight to be called.
I could not call for help, and all I could do was to dash water in her face, and speak soothing words.
Even from across the room, Deuce could feel the waves of soothing comfort in with which Bohdan surrounded the baby.
To finish the matter up, she said by way of soothing me that the young man did not mean to vex me, as he doubtless took me for her father.
One of those anodynes that had once passed so easily into his hands, some soothing and euphoriant chemical or even a homely little joint.