vverb.emotiongive moral or emotional strength toSynset:comfort console solace soothe
Derivationally Related Form:consolablecomfortercomfortconsolationsolacementsolaceconsolatory
Inherited Hypernyms:comfort
Direct Hyponyms:allaycalmcalm downeaselullquietquietenrelievestilltranquilizetranquillisetranquillize
Full Troponyms:abreactcalmcomposelullpacifyreassurestill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: soothe, console) | The good news will --- her (apply to: solace, comfort, soothe, console)
vverb.bodycause to feel betterExamples:- the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation
Antonyms:irritate
Hypernyms:alleviate assuage palliate relieve
Inherited Hypernyms:sootherelievebetterchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allaffording physical reliefExamples:- a soothing ointment for her sunburn
Antonyms:uncomfortable
Inherited Hypernyms:soothing
Similar to:comfortable comfy
adj satadj.allfreeing from fear and anxietySynset:assuasive
Antonyms:unreassuring
Inherited Hypernyms:assuasive
Similar to:reassuring