Associations to the word «Soothing»

Wiktionary

SOOTHING, adjective. Tending to soothe.
SOOTHING, adjective. Giving relief.
SOOTHING, adjective. Freeing from fear or anxiety.
SOOTHING, verb. Present participle of soothe
SOOTHING, noun. The act by which somebody is soothed.

Dictionary definition

SOOTHING, adjective. Affording physical relief; "a soothing ointment for her sunburn".
SOOTHING, adjective. Freeing from fear and anxiety.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne