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soothing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?su?ð??/
  • Rhymes: -u?ð??

Adjective

soothing (comparative more soothing, superlative most soothing)

  1. Tending to soothe.
    soothing music
  2. Giving relief.
    a soothing ointment
  3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.
    soothing words

Derived terms

  • soothingly

Translations

Verb

soothing

  1. present participle of soothe

Noun

soothing (plural soothings)

  1. 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.

Anagrams

  • hootings, shooting

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condolence

English

Etymology

From condole +? -ence, or from Middle French condoléance, or formed from the root of Latin condole? (I sympathize), from con- (together, with) and dole? (I hurt, suffer, have pain).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /k?n?do?l?ns/

Noun

condolence (countable and uncountable, plural condolences)

  1. (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.
  2. (countable, usually in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.

Derived terms

  • book of condolence
  • condolence card

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