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Definition of Soothing
1. Adjective. Affording physical relief. "A soothing ointment for her sunburn"
2. Adjective. Freeing from fear and anxiety.
Definition of Soothing
1. Adjective. Tending to soothe. ¹
2. Adjective. Giving relief. ¹
3. Adjective. Freeing from fear or anxiety. ¹
4. Verb. (present participle of soothe) ¹
5. Noun. The act by which somebody is soothed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soothing
1. soothe [v] - See also: soothe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soothing
Literary usage of Soothing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Sorrow by Andrew Macphail (1916)
"I 'HE ways of Death are soothing and serene, X And all the words of Death are
grave and sweet. From camp and church, the fireside and the street, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Loosening, he bared the place whereon had fall'n The bitter shaft, and stanch'd
the blood, and laid His soothing salves upon it, of the art Taught to his ..."
3. The Innocents Abroad: Or the New Pilgrims' Progress by Mark Twain (2001)
"... they seize a lady's shawl from a chair and hand it to her and charge a penny;
soothing THE PILGRIMS. they open a carriage door, and charge for it—shut ..."
4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1826)
"... and receive from it many hints of soothing recollection, when time shall remove
her yet farther from you, and your grief shall be matured to veneration. ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1887)
"ing, half soothing. Why does he want to settle in London ? Why is he not satisfied
with Norwich and Norwich life ? ..."
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