SOOTHE
Dictionary entry overview: What does soothe mean?
• SOOTHE (verb)
The verb SOOTHE has 2 senses:
1. give moral or emotional strength to
2. cause to feel better
Familiarity information: SOOTHE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOOTHE (verb)
Meaning:
Give moral or emotional strength to
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
comfort; console; solace; soothe
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soothe"):
calm; calm down; lull; quiet; quieten; still; tranquilize; tranquillise; tranquillize (make calm or still)
allay; ease; relieve; still (lessen the intensity of or calm)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The good news will soothe her
The performance is likely to soothe Sue
Meaning:
Cause to feel better
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation
Hypernyms (to "soothe" is one way to...):
alleviate; assuage; palliate; relieve (provide physical relief, as from pain)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Antonym:
irritate (excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame)
