1. Affording physical relief
   "a soothing ointment for her sunburn"
    
2. Freeing from fear and anxiety
   "Her soothing words helped calm the panicked crowd";
   - assuasive

1. Cause to feel better
   "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"
    
2. Try to help someone feel less distressed, grieving, or disappointed through sympathetic words or actions
   "His friends sootheed him after the loss of his job";
   - comfort, console, solace

See also: comfortable, comfy, reassuring

Type of: act, alleviate, assuage, move, palliate, relieve

Antonym: irritate

Encyclopedia: Soothe