1. soothe - Adjective
2. soothe - Verb
To assent to as true.
To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves. Edith Sitwell
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? Oliver Goldsmith
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken! Walter Scott
Sympathy is a little medicine to soothe the ache in another's heart. Jewish Proverb
It is difficult to soothe the proud. Irish Proverb
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast. English Proverb