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soothed Definition


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soothe
verb soothed, soothing
    1. To bring relief from (a pain, etc); to allay.
      Thesaurus: alleviate, lessen, allay, assuage, relieve; Antonym: aggravate, intensify, exacerbate.
    2. To comfort, calm or compose someone.
      Thesaurus: quiet, calm, pacify, console, appease, mollify, placate, lull, salve; Antonym: annoy, irritate, vex.
    intr
    3. To have a calming, tranquillizing or relieving effect.
Derivative: soothing
noun, adj
    Derivative: soothingly
    adverb
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon gesothian to confirm as true.



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