soothe

v., soothed, sooth·ing, soothes.

v.tr.

1. To calm or placate.
2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).

v.intr.
To bring comfort, composure, or relief.

[Middle English sothen, to verify, from Old English sōthian, from sōth, true.]

soother sooth'er n.

verb

1. To ease the anger or agitation of: appease, assuage, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soften, sweeten. Idioms: pour oil on troubled water. See calm/agitation.
2. To give hope to in time of grief or pain: comfort, console, solace. See help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: calm, ease
Antonyms: agitate, distress, disturb, upset, worry

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IN BRIEF: To make calm by being gentle. Also: To take away some of the pain or sorrow of.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the point. — Maria Callas.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - dulme, lindre, berolige
v. intr. - mildne, formilde

Nederlands (Dutch)
kalmeren, lenigen, sussen

Français (French)
v. tr. - calmer, apaiser, détendre
v. intr. - rassurer, faire du bien

Deutsch (German)
v. - beruhigen, mildern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατευνάζω, καταπραϋνω, καθησυχάζω, ανακουφίζω, ευχαριστώ, δίνω ευχαρίστηση, καλοπιάνω

Italiano (Italian)
calmare, lenire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acalmar, mitigar, abrandar

Русский (Russian)
успокаивать, утешать, умиротворять, умерять, смягчать, потакать, ублажать, поощрять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - calmar, apaciguar, tranquilizar, aliviar, mitigar, aplacar, complacer, halagar
v. intr. - calmar, brindar tranquilidad o confort

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lugna, lindra, blidka, lirka med

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使平静, 使缓和或减轻, 安慰, 起安慰作用, 起抚慰作用

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使平靜, 使緩和或減輕, 安慰
v. intr. - 起安慰作用, 起撫慰作用

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (사람을) 달래다, (고통 따위를) 누그러 뜨리다, 비위를 맞추다
v. intr. - 진정시키는 힘이 있다, 잘 달래다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - なだめる, 和らげる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يلطف, يسكن, يسترضي, يهديء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הרגיע, שיכך‬
v. intr. - ‮הרגיע, שיכך‬

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