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soothings

soothings is the plural of soothing.

Meaning of soothing

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)

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Questions about soothings

What is soothings the plural of?
Soothings is the plural of soothing.

Words near soothings in the dictionary

  1. soothfastness
  2. soothful
  3. soothing
  4. soothingly
  5. soothingness
  6. soothings
  7. soothless
  8. soothly
  9. soothmoother
  10. soothmoothers
  11. sooths

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