verb

1. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

2. To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.

3. To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

Synonyms: comply, give way

noun

1. The act by which somebody is soothed.

adjective

1. Tending to soothe.

   “soothing music”

2. Giving relief.

3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.

   “soothing words”