Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to soothe
Participle: soothed
Gerund: soothing
Indicative
Present
| I | soothe |
| you | soothe |
| he;she;it | soothes |
| we | soothe |
| you | soothe |
| they | soothe |
Perfect
| I | have soothed |
| you | have soothed |
| he;she;it | has soothed |
| we | have soothed |
| you | have soothed |
| they | have soothed |
Past
| I | soothed |
| you | soothed |
| he;she;it | soothed |
| we | soothed |
| you | soothed |
| they | soothed |
Pluperfect
| I | had soothed |
| you | had soothed |
| he;she;it | had soothed |
| we | had soothed |
| you | had soothed |
| they | had soothed |
Future
| I | will soothe |
| you | will soothe |
| he;she;it | will soothe |
| we | will soothe |
| you | will soothe |
| they | will soothe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have soothed |
| you | will have soothed |
| he;she;it | will have soothed |
| we | will have soothed |
| you | will have soothed |
| they | will have soothed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | soothe |
| you | soothe |
| he;she;it | soothe |
| we | soothe |
| you | soothe |
| they | soothe |
Perfect
| I | have soothed |
| you | have soothed |
| he;she;it | have soothed |
| we | have soothed |
| you | have soothed |
| they | have soothed |
Imperfect
| I | soothed |
| you | soothed |
| he;she;it | soothed |
| we | soothed |
| you | soothed |
| they | soothed |
Pluperfect
| I | had soothed |
| you | had soothed |
| he;she;it | had soothed |
| we | had soothed |
| you | had soothed |
| they | had soothed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would soothe |
| you | would soothe |
| he;she;it | would soothe |
| we | would soothe |
| you | would soothe |
| they | would soothe |
Perfect
| I | would have soothed |
| you | would have soothed |
| he;she;it | would have soothed |
| we | would have soothed |
| you | would have soothed |
| they | would have soothed |
Imperative
| you | soothe |
| we | Let's soothe |
| you | soothe |
Verbs conjugated like 'soothe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'soothe'
smoothe,
soothen,
soother,
besoothe,
clothe,
footle,
loathe,
lothe,
pootle,
resoothe,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bring someone down
- abate, appease, depress, pacify, soften, tranquilize
- humour by agreement or concession
- accede
- to calm using attention
- pacify
- to yield to persuasion; to agree to a request or demand
- accede, allow, cave in, come around, come round, concede, give way, grant, yield
Antonyms
- to calm or placate someone or some situation|soothe
- annoy
- to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
- allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, enrage
- to cause pain
- alleviate, analgesize, benumb, comfort, dave, ease, heal, numb, relieve, hurt
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”). See also sooth. Displaced Old English frēfran, ġefrēfran (“to comfort, console, soothe”), and partially displaced Old English stillan, ġestillan (“to calm, become calm, pacify, quieten”) (whence modern still).
2. The semantic evolution of "to verify, prove the validity of" → "to comfort" (first attested in the late 17th century) comes from the notion of assuaging someone by supporting the truth of what they say. See: Proto-Germanic '
*sanþōną', Danish '
sande', Swedish '
sanna', Icelandic '
sanna'.
Sample Sentences
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Eva soon lay like a wearied dove in her father's arms; and he, bending over her, soothed her by every tender word he could think of.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] approaching. The child felt no pain,—only a tranquil, soft weakness, daily and almost insensibly increasing; and she was so beautiful, so loving, so trustful, so happy, that one could not resist the soothing influence of that air of innocence and peace which seemed to breathe around her. St. Clare found a strange calm coming over him. It was not hope,—that was impossible; it was not resignation; it was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and passages of Holy Writ, which this lowly missionary breathed into her ear in intervals, as they were going to and returning from work; and even the half-crazed and wandering mind of Cassy was soothed and calmed by his simple and unobtrusive influences.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)