soothing

[Sooth·ing]

Something soothing is comforting; it helps calm fears, anxiety, or pain. Cool aloe vera lotion is very soothing on a really bad sunburn, while pacifiers are soothing to screaming babies.

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from Soothe, v.

Adjective S.
freeing from fear and anxiety

Adjective S.
affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Soothe


a. & n. from Soothe, v.


Soothing

Sooth"ing , a. & n. from Soothe, v.

from Soothe, v.

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Usage Examples

When theater becomes a soothing middle-class thing, when it's packaged as the Night Out, then that's the death of it.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.

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Other Usage Examples

I attribute the quarrelsome nature of the Middle Ages young men entirely to the want of the soothing weed.

Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It's a painful religion. We're all gluttons for punishment.

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

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