soothe
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (suþjan), 𐍃𐌿𐌸𐌾𐍉𐌽 (suþjōn, “to soothe”). See also sooth.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
soothe (third-person singular simple present soothes, present participle soothing, simple past and past participle soothed)
- (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro (in The Guardian, 11 October 2013)[1]
- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Andros Townsend calms England's nerves in taming of Montenegro (in The Guardian, 11 October 2013)[1]
- (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
- (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
- (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
- (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
- (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
- (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
- (transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
- (transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
- (transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
Synonyms[edit]
- (humour by agreement or concession): comply, give way; See also Thesaurus:accede
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to restore to ease
to calm or placate
|
to ease or relieve pain
to bring comfort or relief
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- English terms with rare senses
- English intransitive verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
