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soothing 音标拼音: [s'uðɪŋ] a. 抚慰的,使人宽心的 抚慰的,使人宽心的 soothing adj 1: affording physical relief; " a soothing ointment for her sunburn" 2: freeing from fear and anxiety [ synonym: { assuasive}, { soothing}] Soothe \ Soothe\ ( s[= oo][ th]), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Soothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Soothing}.] [ Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so[ eth] ien to verify, AS. ges[= o][ eth] ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See { Sooth}, a.] 1. To assent to as true. [ Obs.] -- Testament of Love. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. [ 1913 Webster] Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I' ve tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one' s sorrows. [ 1913 Webster] Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. -- Congreve. [ 1913 Webster] Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate. [ 1913 Webster]
Soothing \ Sooth" ing\, a. & n. from { Soothe}, v. [ 1913 Webster] 125 Moby Thesaurus words for " soothing": United Nations troops, abatement, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, analgesia, analgesic, anesthesia, anesthetic, anesthetizing, anodyne, appeasement, appeasing, assuagement, assuasive, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, blunting, calm, calmant, calmative, calming, cathartic, cleansing, comforting, conciliation, conciliatory, cradling, damping, deadening, demulcent, demulsion, depressant, detente, diminishment, diminution, dreamy, drowsy, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement, easing, easing of relations, emollient, falling- off, gentling, hushing, hypnotic, irenic, leniency, lenitive, lessening, letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, lubricant, lubricating, lubricational, lubricative, lulling, mediation, mitigating, mitigation, mitigative, modulation, mollification, mollifying, narcotic, numbing, pacific, pacification, pacificatory, pacifying, pain- killing, palliation, palliative, paregoric, peace- keeping force, peaceful, peacemaking, peacemongering, placability, placation, placative, placatory, propitiation, propitiative, propitiatory, purgative, quiet, quietening, quieting, reconciliatory, reduction, relaxation, relaxation of tension, relaxing, relief, relieving, remedial, remedy, remission, restful, rocking, salving, sedative, serene, slackening, sleep- inducing, soft, softening, somnifacient, somniferous, soothful, soporific, stilling, subduement, subduing, tempering, tranquilization, tranquilizing
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