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soothable

soothable adjective: capable of being soothed.

Adjective

soothable (comparative more soothable, superlative most soothable)

  1. Capable of being soothed.
    • For example, caregiver reactions may be quite different for a highly irritable, highly soothable child, as compared to an equally highly irritable child who is not soothable.2009, J. Gavin Bremner, Alan Fogel, Blackwell Handbook of Infant Development, page 486

Forms of soothable

comparativemore soothable
superlativemost soothable

Origin of soothable

From soothe + -able.

Words formed from soothable

Questions about soothable

What does soothable mean?
Soothable means capable of being soothed.
What part of speech is soothable?
Soothable is an adjective.

Words near soothable in the dictionary

  1. sootfalls
  2. sootflake
  3. sootflakes
  4. sooth
  5. soothability
  6. soothable
  7. soothe
  8. soothed
  9. soothen
  10. soothened
  11. soothening

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