Antonyms for soother

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sooth

Phonetic Transcription : suθ

Definition of soother

Origin : Old English soð "truth, justice, righteousness, rectitude; reality, certainty," noun use of soð (adj.) "true, genuine, real; just, righteous," originally *sonð-, from Proto-Germanic *santhaz (cf. Old Norse sannr, Old Saxon soth, Old High German sand "true," Gothic sunja "truth").
The group is related to Old English synn "sin" and Latin sontis "guilty" (truth is related to guilt via "being the one;" see sin (v.)), from PIE *es-ont- "being, existence," thus "real, true," from present participle of root *es-, the s-form of the verb "to be" (see be), preserved in Latin sunt "they are" and German sind. Archaic in English, it is the root of modern words for "true" in Swedish (sann) and Danish (sand). In common use until mid-17c., then obsolete until revived as an archaism early 19c. by Scott, etc. Used for Latin pro- in translating compounds into Old English, e.g. soðtacen "prodigy," soðfylgan "prosequi."

As in moderator : noun mitigator
As in balm : noun oily substance
As in balm : noun something soothing
As in anodyne : noun painkiller
As in analgesic : noun pain remover

Example sentences :

Be what he asks of you,—his comforter, his soother; be more,—his pride and his joy.
Extract from : « My Novel, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

He got through a vast amount of work, only soother of the nerves he knew.
Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy

I am the soother, the joy, the life, the happiness inexhaustible!
Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert

The location of the seat of government was chosen as the soother.
Extract from : « Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. » by Benson J. Lossing

If Ryanne was without the soother, so much the worse for him.
Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath

There was a want of some soother of the excitement produced.
Extract from : « William Shakespeare as he lived. » by Henry Curling

We are now to observe him reft of every admirer, every soother, every friend.
Extract from : « Sermons Preached at Brighton » by Frederick W. Robertson

Time is a soother of sorrows, a healer of rancours, however legitimate.
Extract from : « Observations of an Orderly » by Ward Muir

There is no soother so effectual as the soft voice of the Gospel.
Extract from : « The Knight of the Golden Melice » by John Turvill Adams

My Bible was my only companion—my soother and support; for I found no threat there but against the wicked.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 » by Various

Synonyms for soother

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