All soothe synonyms
soothe
S s verb soothe
- worm β Write-Once Read-Many
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- make much of β great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- cool off β If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
- assure β If you assure someone that something is true or will happen, you tell them that it is definitely true or will definitely happen, often in order to make them less worried.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- heal β to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- calm β A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- console β If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
- content β The contents of a container such as a bottle, box, or room are the things that are inside it.
- ease β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- lay back β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- quell β to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
- coax β If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- love β a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- cool out β to relax and cool down
- hypnotize β to put in the hypnotic state.
- dummy up β a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dulcorate β (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- lull β to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- anaesthetize β When a doctor or other trained person anaesthetizes a patient, they make the patient unconscious or unable to feel pain by giving them an anaesthetic.
- comfort β If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- make light of β of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- humoring β a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humouring β humor.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- kiss and make up β be reconciled
- make nice β pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice visit.
- lick β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- assuage β If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- gentling β Present participle of gentle.
- compliment β A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- worming β Zoology. any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hand it to β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- defuse β If you defuse a dangerous or tense situation, you calm it.
- attenuate β To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- clean up one's act β to start to behave in a responsible manner
- conciliate β If you conciliate someone, you try to end a disagreement with them.
- balm β Balm is a sweet-smelling oil that is obtained from some tropical trees and used to make creams that heal wounds or reduce pain.
- anaesthetise β anesthetize.
- demilitarise β (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- clam up β If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.