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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : sooth |
| Phonetic Transcription : suð |
Definition of soothed
Origin :- Old English soðian "show to be true," from soð "true" (see sooth). Sense of "quiet, comfort, mollify" is first recorded 1690s, via notion of "to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true" (i.e. to be a yes-man), a sense attested from 1560s (and cf. Old English gesoð "a parasite, flatterer"). Meaning "reduce the intensity" (of a pain, etc.) is from 1711. Related: Soothed; soothing.
- verb calm, ease
- I was so disappointed and hurt and heartsick, and he kissed me and soothed me.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It was sultry, and there was something in the atmosphere that at once threatened and soothed.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Be soothed, my son; I meant not to tear the bandage from thy wounds.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The gentle August night had cooled and soothed the dusty atmosphere.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- "Sweetheart, you mustn't fret," she soothed, in motherly fashion.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- While I assisted and soothed my mother, I heard my father questioning her.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Mr. Cruncher was soothed, but shook his head in a dubious and moral way.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- The child rested his head on the loved breast, and was soothed.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- With the letter in her hand she soothed it and then sat down again.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- The coolness of the springs had soothed their feverish disquietude.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for soothed
- allay
- alleviate
- appease
- assuage
- balm
- becalm
- butter up
- calm down
- cheer
- compose
- console
- cool
- cool off
- dulcify
- help
- hush
- lighten
- lull
- make nice
- make up
- mitigate
- mollify
- pacify
- patch things up
- play up to
- pour oil on
- quiet
- quieten
- relieve
- settle
- smooth down
- soften
- square
- still
- stroke
- subdue
- take the edge off
- take the sting out
- tranquilize
- unburden
- untrouble
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