Soothe

Definition: Soothe

Soothe

Verb

1. Give moral or emotional strength to.

2. Cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "soothe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references)

Note: Soothe \Soothe\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Soothed; present participle verb or noun Soothing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Soothe

Flattery

Verb: flatter, praise to the skies, puff; wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax; fawn upon, faun upon; humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter; jolly; bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver; lay it on thick, overpraise; earwig, cog, collogue; truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to; court; creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of; fool to the top of one;s bent; lick the dust.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Relief

Verb: relieve, ease, alleviate, mitigate, palliate, soothe; salve; soften, soften down; foment, stupe, poultice; assuage, allay.

Crosswords: Soothe

All I need is one final hit to soothe the pain while the Valium takes effect. (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

You Have To Soothe It (In the Closet; performing artist: Michael Jackson; writing credit: Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley)

Symphonies that soothe the rage (When Smokey Sings; performing artist: ABC)

I will soothe you if you fall (My Baby You; performing artist: Marc Anthony)

I move simple just to soothe me to gentle (Feels Good; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

The guitar's comin' thru to soothe me (Drift Away; performing artist: The Nylons)

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Books

• Chocolate for a Woman's Spirit: 77 Stories of Inspiration to Lift Your Heart and Soothe Your Soul (reference)

• How to Say It to Your Kids: The Right Words to Solve Problems, Soothe Feelings, & Teach Values (reference)

• Perfect Calm Deck: 50 Exercises to Soothe Mind and Body (reference)

• Soothe Your Stress: Coupons (Coupons) (reference)

• Sweet Baby : How To Soothe Your Newborn (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Inner Awakenings - Guided Imagery to Quiet the Mind, Strengthen the Body & Soothe the Soul (reference)

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Music

• Music to Soothe That Tiger/Love After Midnight/...And So to Bed (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Soothe 'N Snuggle Bouncer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

To soothe Ellis I called Frank to come down from his perch. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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The Thenardiess went from time to time to the other end of the room, where her husband was, (r)to soothe her soul , she said.

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Health

Inhaling steam from a vaporizer or a hot cup of water can soothe inflamed sinus cavities. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Afrikaans

kalmeer (appease, calm, quiet, still). (various references)

Albanian

zbut (allay, amortise, amortize, appease, assuage, attenuate, break, calm, chasten, commute, daunt, disarm, ease, extenuate, malaxate, manage, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palatalize, palliate, propitiate, qualify, reclaim, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, subdue, tame, temper, tenderize, tone down), qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quiet, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, tranquilize, tranquillize), lehtësoj (allay, alleviate, assuage, attenuate, calm, dull, enable, extenuate, facilitate, lighten, mitigate, palliate, relax, release, relieve, shake, soften, solace), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, settle down, simmer, smooth, sober, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏لطف (affableness, allay, alleviate, amenity, amiability, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, benignity, civility, courtesy, ease, extenuate, friendliness, geniality, gentleness, kindness, lighten, mildness, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, politeness, qualify, quell, relax, relieve, smooth, soften, softness, suavity, sweeten, temper, tone down, urbanity), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quiet, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏خفف الألم, ‏جامل (compliment, extol, flatter, pay compliments). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), утешавам (becalm, cheer up, comfort, console, solace, visit), облекчавам (allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, comfort, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, help, lighten, mitigate, palliate, redress, relieve, sweeten, unburden, unload). (various references)

Chinese 

安慰 (Comforted, reassuringly, Soothed, soothing). (various references)

Czech

ztišit (quieten, soften), zmírnit (allay, alleviate, break, cushion, deaden, defuse, dilute, ease, extenuate, loosen, mitigate, palliate, relieve, remit, slacken, smooth, soften, subdue, temper, tone down, understate), upokojit (appease, calm, hush, pacify), uklidnit (appease, becalm, calm, placate, quell, reassure, relax, set at ease, tranquilize, tranquillize), uchlácholit (coax, hush, mollify, propitiate, quieten), konejšit (comfort). (various references)

Dutch

kalmeren (appease, calm, calm down, quiet, still), geruststellen (appease, calm, quiet, still), bedaren (abate, appease, calm, calm down, quiet, still, subside). (various references)

Esperanto

trankviligi (appease, calm, quiet, still). (various references)

Finnish

viihdyttää (divert, lull, quiet), tyynnyttää (calm, hush, quiet), rauhoittaa (appease, calm, protect by law, quiet, reassure, set at rest), lievittää (ease), lievimmin (ease), lauhduttaa (appease, condense, cool), helpottaa (ease, facilitate, make easier, relieve). (various references)

French

tranquilliser, rassurer, flatter (soft soap), délasser, calmer (sober), atténuer (soften), apaiser, amadouer (sop), abattre. (various references)

German

beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize), lindern (allay, alleviate, ease, mitigate, palliate, relieve, to alleviate, to ease, to mitigate, to palliate). (various references)

Greek 

καταπραΰνω (alleviate, assuage, ease, mitigate, placate, relieve). (various references)

Hebrew 

למסמס (crush, dissolve, squeeze, thaw), לשכך (abate, assuage, lull, mollify, pacify, quell, still, subside), לפיס (appease, conciliate, make peace, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, reconcile), ל�"ר�'יע (allay, appease, calm, disarm, lull, mollify, pacify, reassure, relieve, still). (various references)

Hungarian

enyhít (allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, extenuate, mitigate, moderate, palliate, relieve, soft pedal, to abate, to allay, to alleviate, to appease, to assuage, to blunt, to deaden, to dull, to extenuate, to mitigate, to mollify, to relax, to release, to salve, to slacken, to soften, to still, to water down), csillapít (assuage, attenuate, mitigate, palliate, salve, sate, to allay, to alleviate, to appease, to assuage, to attenuate, to deaden, to mitigate, to mollify, to salve, to sedate, to soothe). (various references)

Indonesian

mengantapkan (appease, calm). (various references)

Italian

calmare (abate, allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, reassure, sober, still, to appease), placare (appease, calm, calm down, pacify, placate, quiet, quieten, relent, soften, still). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

宥める (to calm, to pacify, to soothe). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

な� める (to calm, to pacify, to soothe). (various references)

Korean 

달래십시�". (various references)

Manx

kiunaghey (allay, appease, appeasement, becalm, calm, calming, compose, die down, hush, hush as child, lull, pacification, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, sedate, sedation, steady down, tranquillization, tranquillize), blandeyragh (soothing). (various references)

Pig Latin

oothesay

Portuguese

suavizar (allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, gentle, mitigate, palliate, salve, smooth, soften, subdue, tone down, unload), mitigar (alleviate, assuage, bate, blunt, lighten, mitigate, palliate, quench, relieve, salve, sate, slake, soften), acalmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm down, cool, ease, hush, lay, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, resettle, salve, settle, simmer down, slow down, smooth, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), abrandar (appease, attemper, calm down, deaden, decelerate, dilute, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall, flatten, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, mutate, pass off, quiet, reduce, relax, relent, relieve, season, slacken, slake, soften, unbend, unbrace, voice). (various references)

Romanian

uşura (alleviate, appease, calm, disburden, ease, facilitate, lighten, pacify, palliate, relax, relieve, respite, solace, speed), potoli orgoliul, potoli durerea (allay, appease), ostoi, ogoi (abate, allay, assuage, hush, pacify, subside), mãguli (crawl, flatter, tickle), mângâia (caress, chuck, chuckle, comfort, cosset, delight, fondle, pander to, Pat, pet, relieve, smooth, solace, stroke), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quiet, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, still), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, quiet, reassure, remit, soften), consola (cheer, comfort, fix, relieve, solace), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, quiet, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), alina (abate, allay, alleviate, comfort, ease, lighten, lull, mitigate, palliate, relieve, set in a row, solace, stop, temper), adormi (allay, alleviate, assuage, cheat, delude, die, drop asleep, drop off, fall asleep, go to sleep, hoodwink, knock out, lull, narcotize, rock, soften). (various references)

Russian 

успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Scottish

t� laidh (allure, entice, hush to rest). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stišati (becalm, calm, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, tranquilize), umiriti (appease, attemper, grow quiet, pacify, palliate, placate, quieten, tranquilize), uminuti, ublažiti (alleviate, attemper, become tempered, buff, cushion, dull, ease, lessen, mince, mitigate, moderate, mollify, palliate, redeem, soft pedal, soften, temper, tone down), primiriti. (various references)

Spanish

calmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quiet, quieten, settle, sober down, still), sosegar (appease, calm, lull, quiet, rest, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

Swedish

lugna (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, hush, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quieten, reassure, salve, settle, settle down, tranquilize, tranquillize), lindra (abate, alleviate, appease, assuage, ease, mitigate, palliate, physic, relieve, salve). (various references)

Thai

บรรเทาความเจ็บปว�" (anodyne), สงบลง, ทำให้สงบ (appease). (various references)

Turkish

sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, quiet, smooth, smooth down, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), teskin etmek (alleviate, attemper, calm, lull, quell, tranquillize), dindirmek (abate, alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, kill, quench, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, stop, suppress). (various references)

Turkmen 

hцre-kцюe etmek (calm, reassure), haя-kьюetmek (calm, reassure). (various references)

Ukrainian

ублажати (wheedle), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quiet, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), пом'якшувати (allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attenuate, dulcify, expurgate, gentle, milden, mitigate, modify, mollify, palatalize, rebate, remit, smooth, smooth over, soft pedal, soften, tone down). (various references)

Welsh

lliniaru (allay, assuage, ease), lleddfu (allay, assuage, flatten, soften), llarieiddio (mollify), esmwytho (alleviate, ease, soften), claearu (make mild, make tepid). (various references)

conforto, mitigasti, mitigat, mitigationis, mitigavit, mitiges, mulsisti, mulsum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "soothe": soothed, soother, soothers, soothes, soothest. (additional references)

Words ending with "soothe": besoothe. (additional references)

Words containing "soothe": besoothed, besoothes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Soothe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: boothe, sgothan, sloothe, slothe, smoothe, Sodhi, Soete, Soochow, soothen, soothey, soth, southen, Suthee, toothe, Yootha, Zogoth. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ethos, hoots, shoot, shote, sooth, those.

-2 letters: eths, hest, hets, hoes, hoot, hose, host, hots, oohs, oots, shoe, shoo, shot, soot, soth, toes, tosh.

-3 letters: eth, hes, het, hoe, hot, oes, oho, ohs, ooh, oot, ose, set, she, sot, the, tho, toe, too.

-4 letters: eh, es, et, he, ho, oe, oh, os, sh, so.

+1 letter: hooters, reshoot, sheroot, shooter, soothed, soother, soothes, toeshoe.

+2 letters: besmooth, besoothe, cheroots, cohosted, dhooties, hoodiest, hookiest, hooklets, hoopster, hootches, hootiest, hotboxes, hothouse, housetop, isophote, lothsome, oophytes, orthoses, outhouse, outshone, overshot, photoset, posthole, potholes, pothouse, reshoots, resmooth, sheroots, shooters, smoothed, smoothen, smoother, smoothes, smoothie, soothers, soothest, theologs, theorbos, toeholds, toeshoes, toolshed.

+3 letters: besmooths, besoothed, besoothes, boathouse, boltholes, choosiest, cohobates, cohostess, hollowest, holotypes, holystone, homeports, hometowns, honeworts, hoofbeats, hoopsters, hornstone, hoteldoms, hothouses, houseboat, housecoat, housetops, hypostome, isophotes, knotholes, loathsome, oasthouse, osteopath, outechoes, outhomers, outhouses, overshoot, overshots, photosets, portholes, postholes, pothouses, resmooths, smoothens, smoothers, smoothest, smoothies, statehood, stokehold, theosophy, theropods, tollhouse, toolheads, toolhouse, toolsheds, toothiest, toothless, toothsome, townhomes, townhouse, zoophytes.

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