sooth
Truth, old usage
Sooth is an archaic or literary word meaning truth or reality.
It survives mainly in the phrase in sooth, an old-fashioned way of saying truly or indeed, and in the related words soothsayer (one who speaks truth, i.e., a fortune-teller) and soothe (originally to confirm as true, now to calm or comfort).
As an adjective, sooth means true or real, though this use is rare outside historical fiction or poetry.
Conformity to fact
- verityState of being actual
- forsoothArchaic emphatic affirmation
- realityWhat actually exists
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
honesty · genuineness · sincerity · fact · accuracy · fidelity · trustworthiness · validity
veracity
Conformity to fact
authenticity · honesty · genuineness · sincerity · fact · accuracy · fidelity · trustworthiness · validity · credibility
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
foretelling · prognostication · omens · sibyl · pythia · auspices · runes · druid · foresight · portent
calm
Free from agitation
- easeLack of strain
- reassuranceWords meant to calm
- solaceRelief from distress
balm · pacify · assuage · mollify · placate · quietude · gentleness · salve · relieve · consolation
soothlying
Stating known falsehoods
deceit · mendacity · dishonesty · mendaciousness · prevarication
- soothing sounds
- soothing tuneCalming piece of music
- soothing balmHealing ointment that calms
- soothing touch
- skin soothing
- soothing creamTopical preparation that calms
soothe, soothing, soothed, soothes, soother, soothingly, soothers, soothsayer