soothe (redirected from soothes)

soothe  (s)

v. soothed, sooth·ing, soothes

v.tr.

1. To calm or placate.

2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).

v.intr.

To bring comfort, composure, or relief.

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[Middle English sothen, to verify, from Old English sthian, from sth, true; see es- in Indo-European roots.]

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soother n.

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soothe

Verb

[soothing, soothed]

1. to make (a worried or angry person) calm and relaxed

2. (of an ointment or cream) to relieve (pain) [Old English sōthian to prove]

soothing adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	soothe - give moral or emotional strength to comfort, console, solace calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" allay, still, ease, relieve - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
	2.	soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" alleviate, relieve, palliate, assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"

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soothe

verb 1. calm, still, quiet, hush, settle, calm down, appease, lull, mitigate, pacify, mollify, smooth down, tranquillize << OPPOSITE upset

verb 2. relieve, ease, alleviate, dull, diminish, assuage << OPPOSITE irritate

Translations

soothe [suːð] vt → tranquilizar [+ pain]; aliviar

soothe [suːð] vt → calmer, apaiser

soothe [suːð] vt → beruhigen;

(pain) → lindern

soothe [suːð] vt → calmare

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soothe

v soothe [suːð]

1 to calm, comfort or quieten (a person, his feelings etc) She was so upset that it took half an hour to soothe her.troosيُهَدِّئуспокоявамukonejšitberoligebesänftigenηρεμώ, κατευνάζωcalmar, tranquilizarrahustamaآرامش دادن؛ آسايش دادنtyynnyttääcalmerלְהַרגיעַशांत करना, प्रशमित करनाumirivati, tažitimegnyugtatmenenangkanróa, sefacalmareなだめる(남의 기분을) 가라앉히다, 달래다nuraminti[]mierinātmenenangkan`kalmerenberolige, roe neduspokajaćacalmara liniştiуспокаиватьupokojiťpomiritiumiritilugnaสงบลงyatıştırmak安慰заспокоювати, втішатиتسلی دینا، تشفی کرناlàm yên tĩnh, làm êm dịu安慰

2 to ease (pain etc) The medicine soothed the child's toothache.verligيُخَفِّف الألَمоблекчавамulevitdulmemildernκαταπραΰνω, απαλύνωaliviar, calmarleevendamaتسكين دادنlievittääcalmerלְשַׁכֵּךकम करनाblažiti štoenyhítmeredakanlina, sefacalmare和らげる(고통을) 덜어주다, 편하게 하다numalšintiremdētmelegakanverzachtenlindreuśmierzać, koićabrandara calmaоблегчатьuľaviťublažitismiritilindra, stillaบรรเทาความเจ็บปวดdindirmek減痛пом'якшувати; полегшуватиتسکین پہنچاناlàm đỡ đau, làm giảm nhẹ减痛

adj ˈsoothing

verligtendمُهَدِّئуспокояващzklidňujícíberoligende; dulmendebesänftigenκαταπραϋντικόςsedante, calmante, tranquilizanterahustavtyynnyttäväcalmantמְקֵלशामक, शमक, उपशामकumirujući, ublažujućienyhítő, csillapító, (meg)nyugtatómenenangkansefandicalmanteなだめるような달래는, 진정시키는raminantis[]mierinošs; remdējošsmenenangkankalmerend, verzachtendberoligende; lindrendeuspokajający, kojącycalmantecalmantуспокаивающий;облегчающийupokojujúcipomirjujočumirujućilugnande, lindrandeที่ทำให้จิตใจสงบ; ที่ปลอบใจ; ที่เป็นการบรรเทาyatıştırıcı安慰性的заспокійливийتسکین بخشdịu dàng, dễ chịu安慰性的

adv ˈsoothingly

trosendمُهَدِّئاуспокойтелноkonejšivěberoligende; dulmendebesänftigenκαταπραϋντικάtranquilizadoramenterahustavalttyynnyttävästid'une manière calmanteבַּרכוּתशामकतापूर्वकumirujućeenyhítően, csillapítóan, (meg)nyugtatóansecara menenangkaná sefandi háttin maniera calmanteなだめるように달래면서raminamai[]mierinoši; remdējošidengan cara yang menenangkankalmerend, verzachtendberoligende; lindrendeuspokajająco, kojącocalmantemente(într-un mod) liniştitorуспокаивающеupokojujúcopomirjujočeumirujućepå ett lugnande sättด้วยการทำให้จิตใจสงบ; อย่างเป็นการปลอบใจyatıştırıcı şekilde安慰地заспокійливоتسکین بخش انداز میںdịu dàng, dễ chịu安慰地