Pet
Pet verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Soothe
Soothe verb - To ease the grief or distress of.
Common collocations
| mind | pet mind | soothe mind |
Both words in one sentence
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Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class has a Tome of Eldritch Lore as required reading (specifically, The Monster Book of Monsters, which tries to bite you until you pet it along the spine to soothe it).
Source: Tome of Eldritch Lore
Cite this Source
Soothe and Pet. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/soothe
Pet & Soothe. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/soothe>.
Soothe or Pet. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pet/soothe.
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