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soothing
 
Adjective soothing has 2 senses
  1. soothing - affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"
    Antonym:     uncomfortable (indirect, via comfortable)
  2. assuasive, calming, pacifying, soothing - freeing from fear and anxiety
    Antonyms: unreassuring, worrisome (indirect, via reassuring)
Verb soothe has 2 senses
  1. comfort, soothe, console, solace - give moral or emotional strength to
    Sample sentences:
    The good news will soothe her
    The performance is likely to soothe Sue
  2. soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
    --2 is one way to     relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
    Antonyms: irritate
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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