soothing
adjective
that soothes.
self-soothing
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a word derived from
soothing.
Example Sentences
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"But it can be very severe - people can pull out all of their hair. Different people are triggered by different things. It's fundamentally a self-soothing behaviour."
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Telling yourself that other people are "NPCs" is a self-soothing lie, but it doesn't make it so.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
What quickly becomes apparent is that they are lying to themselves and each other — coping, disassociating, self-soothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Adults may consider narrating their self-soothing techniques, such as saying, "I'm feeling frustrated, so I'm going to take a deep breath."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
And so it was with Arthur: Adam's judgment of him, Adam's grating words, disturbed his self-soothing arguments.
From Adam Bede by George Eliot
