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121 austere
1. a строгий, суровый2. a суровый, аскетический3. a простой, без роскоши4. a строгий, чистый5. a терпкий, горькийСинонимический ряд:1. acerbic (adj.) acerb; acerbic; acid; acrid; amaroidal; bitter; rough; sharp; sour2. grave (adj.) formal; grave; serious; sober; solemn; stoical; strict3. hard (adj.) bleak; dour; grim; hard; stringent4. harsh (adj.) difficult; forbidding; harsh; rigid; rigorous; rigourous; rugged; unrelenting5. severe (adj.) abstemious; abstentious; ascetic; astringent; mortified; plain; primitive; puritanical; rustic; severe; simple; Spartan; stark; sternАнтонимический ряд:affable; bland; feeling; flexible; genial; gentle; indulgent; joyous; kind; kindly; luxurious; meek; mild; permissive; soothing; sweet; tender -
122 balmy
1. a благовонный, ароматный; ароматическийbalmy sap — душистый сок, ароматическая смола
2. a нежный, сладкий3. a целительный; успокоительный4. a редк. смолистый, бальзамический5. a сл. глупый, слабоумный; рехнувшийся, спятившийСинонимический ряд:1. crazy (adj.) bananas; bonkers; crazy; eccentric; insane; mentally deranged; peculiar; queer2. mild (adj.) bland; clement; delicate; faint; fair; gentle; lenient; mild; pleasant; smooth; soft; soothing; summery; temperate; tropical; warm3. sweet (adj.) ambrosial; aromal; aromatic; fragrant; perfumed; perfumy; redolent; savory; scented; spicy; sweetАнтонимический ряд:foul; harsh -
123 bland
1. a вежливый, ласковый2. a вкрадчивый, льстивый3. a мягкий4. a слабый, успокаивающийСинонимический ряд:1. agreeable (adj.) affable; agreeable; amiable; complaisant; friendly; mild-mannered; pleasant2. balmy (adj.) balmy; benign; calm; clear; delicate; faint; gentle; lenient; mild; nonirritating; soft; soothing3. insipid (adj.) banal; driveling; dull; flat; inane; innocuous; insipid; jejune; milk-and-water; monotonous; namby-pamby; prosaic; sapless; swashy; tasteless; tedious; uninteresting; vapid; waterish; watery; wishy-washy4. neutral (adj.) colourless; neutral; undistinguished5. suave (adj.) civilized; oily; smooth; suave; unctuous; urbaneАнтонимический ряд:boorish; crude; cruel; harsh; intriguing; irksome; irritable; rough; spicy -
124 comforting
успокаивать; утешительныйСинонимический ряд:1. bucking up (verb) bucking up; cheering; consoling; solacing; soothing; upraising2. easing (verb) allaying; alleviating; assuaging; easing; lessening; lightening; mitigating; palliating; relieving -
125 composing
1. a составляющий2. a успокаивающийСинонимический ряд:1. component (adj.) basic; component; constituent; elemental; fundamental; integral; partial2. collecting (verb) collecting; containing; controlling; cooling; re-collecting; reining; repressing; restraining; simmering down; smothering; suppressing3. constituting (verb) comprising; constituting; forming; make up; making; making up4. producing (verb) creating; producing; writing5. stilling (verb) allaying; becalming; calming; lulling; quieting; settling; soothing; stilling; tranquilizing; tranquillising -
126 drowsy
1. a сонливый, сонный; дремлющийthe drowsy silence that enveloped the yacht — сонная тишина, царившая на яхте
2. a усыпляющий, снотворный; нагоняющий дремоту; дремотный3. a сонный, вялый; ленивый; оцепенелыйСинонимический ряд:1. hypnotic (adj.) hypnotic; relaxing; soothing2. indolent (adj.) half asleep; indolent; languid; lazy; lethargic; listless; sluggish3. sleepy (adj.) dozing; dozy; exhausted; nodding; sleepy; slumberous; slumbery; snoozy; somnolent; soporific; tiredАнтонимический ряд: -
127 forbearing
1. a сдержанный, выдержанный2. a снисходительный, терпеливыйСинонимический ряд:1. easy (adj.) charitable; clement; easy; gentle; indulgent; lax; lenient; merciful; mild; soft; soothing; sympathetic; tolerant2. patient (adj.) long-suffering; patient; resigned3. forgoing (verb) eschewing; forgoing; sacrificing4. keeping (verb) abstaining; forbearing; hold off; keeping; refraining; withholding -
128 gruff
1. a грубоватый; резкий; неприветливый2. a угрюмый, мрачный3. a грубый, хриплый4. a спец. грубый, неотделанныйСинонимический ряд:1. bluff (adj.) abrupt; bluff; blunt; breviloquent; brief; brusque; curt; discourteous; plain-spoken; short; short-spoken; snippety; snippy; uncivil2. hoarse (adj.) croaking; croaky; hoarse; husky; rough3. surly (adj.) crude; crusty; grouchy; grumpy; harsh; impolite; rude; surlyАнтонимический ряд:courteous; pleasant; soothing
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Soothing — Sooth ing, a. & n. from {Soothe}, v. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soothing — index medicinal, mitigation, mollification, narcotic, palliative (abating), placid, remedial Burto … Law dictionary
soothing — 1590s, “flattering,” from prp. of SOOTHE (Cf. soothe). Sense of “mollifying” is from 1746. Related: Soothingly … Etymology dictionary
soothing — [adj] comforting alleviating, calming, consolatory, consoling, easing, mollifying, pacifying, palliative, reassuring, relaxing, relieving, remedying, softening, tranquilizing, warming; concept 529 … New thesaurus
soothing — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, sound ▪ Her touch felt wonderfully soothing. ADVERB ▪ very, wonderfully ▪ … Collocations dictionary
soothing — soothingly, adv. soothingness, n. /sooh dhing/, adj. 1. that soothes: a soothing voice. 2. tending to assuage pain: a soothing cough syrup. [1590 1600; SOOTHE + ING2] * * * … Universalium
soothing — adjective /ˈsuːðɪŋ/ a) Tending to soothe. soothing music b) Giving relief. a soothing ointment … Wiktionary
Soothing — Soothe Soothe (s[=oo][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soothing}.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so[eth]ien to verify, AS. ges[=o][eth]ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See {Sooth}, a.] 1. To assent to as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soothing — adjective Date: 1700 tending to soothe; also having a sedative effect < soothing syrup > • soothingly adverb • soothingness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Soothing — Bringing comfort, solace, reassurance, peace, composure, quietude. To soothe is to allay, balm, becalm, calm, compose, lull, quiet, settle, still, or tranquilize. In medicine, an agent that is soothing is called a demulcent … Medical dictionary
soothing — sooth•ing [[t]ˈsu ðɪŋ[/t]] adj. cvb tending to soothe: a soothing voice[/ex] • Etymology: 1590–1600 sooth′ing•ly, adv. sooth′ing•ness, n … From formal English to slang