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soothing

adj
/ˈsuːðɪŋ/

Definitions

  1. Tending to soothe or mollify.

    • soothing music

  2. Giving relief.

    • a soothing ointment

  3. Freeing from fear or anxiety.

    • soothing words
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. present participle and gerund of soothe

    2. present participle and gerund of sooth

    3. The act by which somebody is soothed.

      • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.
      • I'll take you to the highest mountain To the depths of the deepest sea And we won't need a map, believe me Now let my body do the moving And let my hands do the soothing Let me show you the world in my eyes

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at soothing. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01soothing02mollify03ease04discomfort05comfort06consolation07consoling08comforting

A definitional loop anchored at soothing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at soothing

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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