<p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>Soothed, soothing.<ul><li>To tranquilize or calm (a person or their emotions); relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.</li><li>To mitigate, assuage, or allay, as pain, sorrow, or doubt: to soothe sunburned skin.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Roil, upset.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>Mollify, appease, alleviate.</li></ul>