Meaning

11 senses

  1. (transitive)To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

    beruhigen, Wogen glätten, mildern

  2. (transitive)To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.

  3. (rare, transitive)To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

  4. (transitive)To calm or placate someone or some situation.

    besänftigen, beruhigen, beschwichtigen

    умиротворя́тьumirotvorjátʹ, умиротвори́тьumirotvorítʹ, успока́иватьuspokáivatʹ

  5. (transitive)To ease or relieve pain or suffering.

    lindern, mildern, trösten

    облегча́тьoblexčátʹ, обле́гчитьobléxčitʹ

    полегшуватиpolehšuvaty

  6. (intransitive)To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.

  7. (intransitive)To bring comfort or relief.

    Erleichterung bringen, lindern, etwas versüßen

    облегча́тьoblexčátʹ, обле́гчитьobléxčitʹ, ублажа́тьublažátʹ

  8. (transitive)To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.

  9. (obsolete, transitive)To prove true; verify; confirm as true.

  10. (obsolete, transitive)To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.

  11. (obsolete, transitive)To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

More definitions
  • cause to feel better
  • give moral or emotional strength to

Examples

87 sentences

  1. I tried to soothe the child.

    Я спробував заспокоїти дитину.

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  2. The nurse soothed the crying child.

    ruМедсестра успокоила плачущего ребёнка.

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  3. This medicine will soothe your headache.

    ruЭто лекарство облегчит вам головную боль.

    deDiese Medizin wird deinen Kopfschmerz lindern.

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  4. The sound of water is soothing.

    ruШум воды успокаивает.

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  5. Music really can soothe the soul.

    ruМузыка действительно может успокоить душу.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to ease or relieve pain:
Русский
By meaning 3
to calm or placate:
to ease or relieve pain:
to bring comfort or relief:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to restore to ease:
to calm or placate:
to ease or relieve pain:
to bring comfort or relief:

Origin

From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (

From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”). See also sooth. Displaced Old English frēfran, ġefrēfran (“to comfort, console, soothe”), and partially displaced Old English stillan, ġestillan (“to calm, become calm, pacify, quieten”) (whence modern still).

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Forms

soothes, soothing, soothed, soothed
Base formsoothe · to soothe
3rd person singularsoothes
Present participlesoothing
Past simplesoothed
Past participlesoothed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysoothe
he, she, itsoothes

Past simpleLesson

all personssoothed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave soothed
he, she, ithas soothed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill soothe

Synonyms

56 synonyms
gentleA2calmB1delayB1relaxA2stillA1temperC2comfortB1cheerA2consoleB2flatterC1strokeB2complyC1agreeA1allowA2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
irritate

Word family

11 related words
Derivedbesootheresoothesoothabilitysoothablesoothersoothesomesoothingsoothsayersoothyunsootheunsoothed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soonestsoonishsootsootysop
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