soothe
/su:ð/
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Definition
- Transitive Verb:
- To gently calm or relieve (a person, feeling, or physical sensation), especially from pain, distress, or agitation.
- To bring comfort, alleviate, or mitigate.
Examples of Usage
- Transitive Verb:
- The mother sang a lullaby to soothe the crying baby.
- This ointment will soothe the sunburn.
- His kind words soothed her anxiety before the interview.
Advanced Usage
- "to soothe one's nerves": to calm oneself down when feeling tense or anxious.
- She drank a cup of tea to soothe her nerves after the stressful meeting.
- "to soothe the savage beast" (idiomatic expression, from "Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast"): to calm a very angry or wild person or situation.
- He hoped his apology would soothe the savage beast of his boss's temper.
Variants and Related Words
- Soothing (adjective): having a gently calming or relieving effect.
- The music had a soothing effect on the patients.
- Soother (noun): a person or thing that soothes; commonly refers to a pacifier for a baby.
- The baby's favorite soother was a soft blanket.
Synonyms
- Calm: to make or become quiet and peaceful.
- Comfort: to give strength and hope to; to ease the grief or trouble of.
- Alleviate: to make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.
- Pacify: to quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(Note: "Soothe" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically conveyed directly.)
Related Idioms
- "to soothe the soul": to provide deep emotional or spiritual comfort.
- Walking in the forest always soothes my soul.
Verb
- cause to feel better
- the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation
- give moral or emotional strength to