Soothe

v. t.	1.	To assent to as true. [imp. & p. p. Soothed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing.]
	2.	To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. - Shak. I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. - Addison.
	3.	To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. - Congreve. Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. - Byron.

Verb	1.	soothe - give moral or emotional strength to Synonyms: comfort, console, solace
	2.	soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" Antonyms: irritate - excite to an abnormal condition, of chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"

abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, balm, becalm, benumb, calm down, cease, compose, conciliate, cool, cradle, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, die down, diminish, dulcify, dull, dwindle, ease, ease matters, ebb, even out, foment, gentle, give relief, halt, hush, lay, lay the dust, lessen, lull, mitigate, molder, mollify, numb, pacify, pad, palliate, placate, poultice, pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, quell, quiesce, quiet, quieten, reduce, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, salve, settle, slacken, slake, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, soften, stabilize, steady, still, stop, stupe, subdue, subside, tranquilize, wane

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