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soothing

/ˈsuːðɪŋ/

soothing adjective: tending to soothe or mollify. Also the present participle and gerund of soothe.

Adjective

soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)

  1. Tending to soothe or mollify.
    • soothing music
    Synonyms:
    emollient
  2. Giving relief.
    • a soothing ointment
  3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.
    • soothing words

Noun

soothing (plural soothings)

  1. The act by which somebody is soothed.
    • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.1823, Charles Caleb Colton, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    • I'll take you to the highest mountain
      To the depths of the deepest sea
      And we won't need a map, believe me
      Now let my body do the moving
      And let my hands do the soothing
      Let me show you the world in my eyes1990, “World in My Eyes”, in Violator, performed by Depeche Mode

Also used as

soothing is also the present participle and gerund of soothe.

soothing is also the present participle and gerund of sooth.

soothing meaning in Kannada

soothing in Kannada

ಶಮನಕಾರಿ

Examples of soothing in a sentence

  • Usually I don't mind listening to her ramble on a bit; it can be soothing.
  • Last night she was rambling on about horticultural methods, which was so soothing that I nodded off.
  • I find the flutter of a campfire to be soothing like a lullaby.

All 40 example sentences with soothing

Synonyms of soothing

Forms of soothing

Adjective
comparativemore soothing
superlativemost soothing
Noun
pluralsoothings

Words formed from soothing

Questions about soothing

What does soothing mean?
Soothing means tending to soothe or mollify.
What is soothing in Kannada?
Soothing in Kannada is ಶಮನಕಾರಿ. See Soothing meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is soothing?
Soothing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce soothing?
Soothing is pronounced /ˈsuːðɪŋ/.

Words near soothing in the dictionary

  1. sootheth
  2. soothfast
  3. soothfastly
  4. soothfastness
  5. soothful
  6. soothing
  7. soothingly
  8. soothingness
  9. soothings
  10. soothless
  11. soothly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: soothing (page history and authors); soothing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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