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agreeable
English
Etymology
From Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable; displaced native Old English cweme (“pleasing, agreeable”). Equivalent to agree +? -able.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /????i??bl/
Adjective
agreeable (comparative more agreeable, superlative most agreeable)
- pleasant to the senses or the mind
- the train of agreeable reveries.
- (dated) Willing; ready to agree or consent.
- 1529, Hugh Latimer, sermon in Cambridge
- These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town.
- 1529, Hugh Latimer, sermon in Cambridge
- Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
- Synonyms: conformable, correspondent, concordant
- In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; used adverbially
Synonyms
- (pleasing, pleasant): See Thesaurus:pleasant
- (willing): See Thesaurus:acquiescent
- (conforming): See Thesaurus:agreeable
Translations
Noun
agreeable (plural agreeables)
- Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
- 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
- The disagreeables of travelling are necessary evils, to be encountered for the sake of the agreeables of resting and looking round you.
- 1855, Blackwood's magazine (volume 77, page 331)
Further reading
- agreeable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- agreeable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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soothing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?su?ð??/
- Rhymes: -u?ð??
Adjective
soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)
- Tending to soothe.
- soothing music
- Giving relief.
- a soothing ointment
- Freeing from fear or anxiety.
- soothing words
Derived terms
- soothingly
Translations
Verb
soothing
- present participle of soothe
Noun
soothing (plural soothings)
- The act by which somebody is soothed.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
- There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
- 1823, Charles Caleb Colton
Anagrams
- hootings, shooting
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