[sooth] 
verb, soothed, sooth⋅ing.| 1. | to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink. |
| 2. | to mitigate, assuage, or allay, as pain, sorrow, or doubt: to soothe sunburned skin. |
| 3. | to exert a soothing influence; bring tranquillity, calm, ease, or comfort. |
| soothe (sōōth) v. soothed, sooth·ing, soothes v. tr.
To bring comfort, composure, or relief. [Middle English sothen, to verify, from Old English sōthian, from sōth, true; see es- in Indo-European roots.] sooth'er n. |