Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: soothing
IPA transcription: [s'uðɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: assuasive, soothing
    Meaning: freeing from fear and anxiety
  • Synonyms: soothing
    Meaning: affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"
Usage examples
  • The girl was bending over Jim, one hand soothing his forehead.
  • Her husband, with a soothing touch on her arm, brought her back to the present.
  • "Ah! well, dear," he said in a soothing tone; "we won't talk any more about it.
  • 'I never thought you had told us anything but the truth,' said Rose, soothing him.
  • He led him by the arm towards a door leading into the building itself, soothing him all the time.
  • The night wind sighed a soothing lullaby through the spines of the she-oak, and his spirit passed peacefully away with the ebb.
  • Startling as was the explanation, yet it proved soothing to Don Diego, being so much less startling than the things he was beginning to imagine.
  • "Well-a-well!" (in a soothing tone, such as you use to irritated children), and as if half to herself, "I only thought you might, you know, as you brought her home.
  • After a week of physical anguish, Unrest and pain, and feverish heat, Toward the ending day a calm and lull comes on, Three hours of peace and soothing rest of brain.
  • When properly played, it produces soft, melodious music that, to say nothing else, must exert a gentle soothing influence on the wild, turbulent souls of a herd of goats.