This medicine will soothe your headache.
Source: tatoeba (56625)
Soothe
//suːð//
Synonyms for "soothe" (154 found)
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Strong matches (46)
Verb(17 words)
Related words (77)
Verb(25 words)
glaverglozegranthose downjollylay it on thicklullmake fair weathermollifypacifypalaverpeacenplacatepreenpuffput at easequellrelaxsedatespeak well of
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More general
6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
Translations
107 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- سَكَّنَ verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- طَمْأَنَ verb (to calm or placate)
- هَدَّأَ verb (to calm or placate)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sakitləşdirmək verb (to calm or placate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- облекчавам verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- смекчавам verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- успокоявам verb (to calm or placate)
- утешавам verb (to restore to ease)
Catalan
1 entries- calmar verb (to calm or placate)
Czech
4 entries- konejšit verb (to restore to ease)
- konejšit verb (to calm or placate)
- konejšit verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- uklidnit verb (to restore to ease)
Esperanto
1 entries- trankviligi verb (to restore to ease)
Finnish
4 entries- lepytellä verb (to restore to ease)
- lepyttää verb (to restore to ease)
- lievittää verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- tyynnyttää verb (to calm or placate)
French
4 entries- apaiser verb (to restore to ease)
- apaiser verb (to calm or placate)
- calmer verb (to calm or placate)
- soulager verb (to ease or relieve pain)
German
4 entries- Erleichterung bringen verb (to bring comfort or relief)
- Wogen glätten verb (to restore to ease)
- beruhigen verb (to restore to ease)
- beruhigen verb (to calm or placate)
Indonesian
1 entries- melegakan verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Italian
4 entries- alleviare verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- calmare verb (to restore to ease)
- lenire verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- mitigare verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Japanese
1 entries- なだめる verb (to calm or placate)
Latin
3 entries- lēniō verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- lēniō verb (to bring comfort or relief)
- pācō verb (to calm or placate)
Māori
4 entries- mamahu verb (to restore to ease)
- mamahu verb (to calm or placate)
- mamahu verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- mamahu verb (to bring comfort or relief)
Norwegian
1 entries- berolige verb (to calm or placate)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیرمق verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Polish
4 entries- koić verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- ukoić verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- uspokajać verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- uspokoić verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Portuguese
3 entries- acalmar verb (to calm or placate)
- aliviar verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- aliviar verb (to bring comfort or relief)
Romanian
4 entries- alina verb (to calm or placate)
- domoli verb (to calm or placate)
- liniști verb (to calm or placate)
- potoli verb (to calm or placate)
Russian
4 entries- обле́гчить verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- обле́гчить verb (to bring comfort or relief)
- облегча́ть verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- облегча́ть verb (to bring comfort or relief)
Slovak
1 entries- lahodiť verb (to restore to ease)
Spanish
4 entries- aliviar verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- aliviarse verb (to bring comfort or relief)
- calmar verb (to calm or placate)
- descansar verb (to bring comfort or relief)
Swedish
1 entries- lindra verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Turkish
4 entries- dindirmek verb (to calm or placate)
- dindirmek verb (to ease or relieve pain)
- dindirmek verb (to bring comfort or relief)
- sakinleştirmek verb (to calm or placate)
Ukrainian
1 entries- полегшувати verb (to ease or relieve pain)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I tried to soothe the child.
Source: tatoeba (254389)
He tried to soothe the angry man.
Source: tatoeba (301865)
A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
Source: tatoeba (328218)
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