soothing

[ soo-th ing ]

/ ˈsu ðɪŋ /

that soothes: a soothing voice.

tending to assuage pain: a soothing cough syrup.

Origin of soothing

First recorded in 1590–1600; soothe + -ing²

sooth·ing·ly, adverb sooth·ing·ness, noun o·ver·sooth·ing, adjective o·ver·sooth·ing·ly, adverb

self-sooth·ing, adjective un·sooth·ing, adjective un·sooth·ing·ly, adverb

soony, soot, sooth, soothe, soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch

And so it was with Arthur: Adam's judgment of him, Adam's grating words, disturbed his self-soothing arguments.

Adam Bede |George Eliot
Ay, quoth the rational Christian—or with a sighing, self-soothing sound between an Ay and an Ah!

Aids to Reflection |Samuel Taylor Coleridge

soothing

/ (ˈsuːðɪŋ) /

having a calming, assuaging, or relieving effect

soothingly, adverb soothingness, noun