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soothest

soothest is the superlative form of sooth.

soothest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of soothe.

Meaning of sooth

Adjective

sooth (comparative soother, superlative soothest)

  1. (archaic) True.
  2. (obsolete) Pleasing; delightful; sweet.
    • The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

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Meaning of soothe

Verb

soothe (third-person singular simple present soothes, present participle soothing, simple past and past participle soothed)

  1. (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
    • Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt,
      To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.1697, [William] Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 1
  2. (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
  3. (rare, transitive) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
  4. (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
  5. (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
    • I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day
      I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker
  6. (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.

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Origin of soothest

From sooth + -est.

From soothe + -est.

Questions about soothest

What is soothest the superlative form of?
Soothest is the superlative form of sooth.

Words near soothest in the dictionary

  1. soothered
  2. soothering
  3. soothers
  4. soothes
  5. soothesome
  6. soothest
  7. sootheth
  8. soothfast
  9. soothfastly
  10. soothfastness
  11. soothful

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soothest (page history and authors); sooth (page history and authors); soothe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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