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soothe

verbCommon GRE wordMore S words

to calm, comfort, or relieve

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Soothe in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing soothe in a sentence.

A soft lullaby soothed the restless infant.

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Questions about “soothe

Soothe (verb) means to calm, comfort, or relieve
Here is soothe used in an example sentence: "A soft lullaby soothed the restless infant."
Common synonyms for soothe include calm, pacify, assuage.
Antonyms of soothe include agitate, aggravate.
Soothe is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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