SOOTHE


Meaning of SOOTHE in English

■ verb gently calm (a person or their feelings).

↘reduce pain or discomfort in.

↘relieve (pain).

Derivatives

~r noun

soothing adjective

soothingly adverb

Origin

OE sōthian 'verify, show to be true', from sōth 'true' (see sooth ).

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