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soothering

soothering is the present participle and gerund of soother.

Meaning of soother

Verb

soother (third-person singular simple present soothers, present participle soothering, simple past and past participle soothered)

  1. To soothe.
    • And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly...1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

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Questions about soothering

What is soothering the present participle and gerund of?
Soothering is the present participle and gerund of soother.

Words near soothering in the dictionary

  1. soothened
  2. soothening
  3. soothens
  4. soother
  5. soothered
  6. soothering
  7. soothers
  8. soothes
  9. soothesome
  10. soothest
  11. sootheth

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