Word

soothe, v.
(soothed, soothes, soothing)
freq. cnt. 2

cause to feel better
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

soothe

sample sentences

"the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

antonym

irritate

semantic pointers

hypernym

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

give moral or emotional strength to
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

comfort console solace soothe

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

comfort comforter comforter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

solace solacement solace solacement solace

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

consolatory consolable consolation consolation

semantic pointers

hyponym

calm, quiet, still, calm down, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull relieve, ease, still, allay