Usually means: Calming and gently alleviating discomfort.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word soothing:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. soothing: Merriam-Webster
  2. soothing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. soothing: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. soothing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. soothing: Vocabulary.com
  6. Soothing, soothing: Wordnik
  7. soothing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. soothing: Wiktionary
  9. soothing: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. soothing: Dictionary.com
  11. soothing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Soothing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. soothing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. soothing: Rhymezone
  15. Soothing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. soothing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. soothing: FreeDictionary.org
  18. soothing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. soothing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Soothing: Health & Beauty Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. soothing: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Soothing: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Soothing: Drug Medical Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Soothing: Beauty & Health Glossary

(Note: See soothe as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Tending to soothe.
adjective:  Giving relief.
adjective:  Freeing from fear or anxiety.
noun:  The act by which somebody is soothed.

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