What can cheer up, soften, color everything - a big love.
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Soften
//ˈsɒfən//
Synonyms for "soften" (217 found)
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Strong matches (65)
de-emphasizedeadendeaden the paindeafendecrydefocusdemasculinizedepreciatedevaluatedevaluedimdiminishdownplaydulleaseease mattersease upeffeminateeffeminatizeeffeminize
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emasculateextenuatefilmflufffogfomentgeldgentlegive ingive reliefgive waygloss overgo deepgo through onegrievehedgehedge abouthushignorekeep within boundskneadlaxatelayleavenlenifylessenlet uplightenlimberlimber uplimitliquefyloosenlose resolutionlowerlullmake allowance formark downmashmassagemellowmeltmelt the heartmilden
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mistmitigatemoderatemodifymodulatemollifymovemufflemutenarrowneutralizenumbobtundoffsetpacifypadpalepalliatepenetratepierce
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play downplumppoulticepour balm intopour oil onpulpqualifyquellquietquietenreachreducereduce the temperatureregulateregulate byrelaxrelieverestrainrestrictsaddensalveseasonset conditionsset limitsshake upshow considerationshow mercyshow pitysissifyslackenslakeslipslow downslur oversmartsmashsmoothsmothersobersober downsoft pedalsoft-pedalsoften the blowsoften upsoothesquashstiflestillstingstirstopstupesubduesuccumbsupplesuppresssurrendersweetentake the edge offtametempertenderizethawtonetone downtouchtouch a chordtune downturn downunderplayunderrateundervaluevarnishweakenwhitewashwomanizewrite downwrite off
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7 entriesTranslations
107 translations across 32 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- zbut verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μαλάσσομαι verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- μαλάσσω verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Assamese
1 entries- মজা verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mülayimləşdirmək verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
- yumşalmaq verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- yumşaltmaq verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- yumşaltmaq verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
Bulgarian
3 entries- омеквам verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- размеквам verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- смекчавам verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
Catalan
2 entries- ablanir verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- estovar verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 變軟 /变软 verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- 軟化 /软化 verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Danish
3 entries- blødgøre verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- blødgøre verb ((transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up))
- blødgøres verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Dutch
1 entries- verzachten verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Egyptian
1 entries- g:n:n-A7 verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Finnish
4 entries- pehmentyä verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- pehmentää verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- pehmetä verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- pehmittää verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
French
1 entries- adoucir verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Galician
4 entries- amolecer verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- amolecer verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- amolegar verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- amolentar verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
German
4 entries- aufweichen verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- aufweichen verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- weichen verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- weichen verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Ido
1 entries- deshardeskar verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Italian
4 entries- addolcire verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- addolcire verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
- ammorbidire verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- ammorbidire verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
Japanese
2 entries- 柔らかくなる verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- 軟らかくなる verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Kazakh
1 entries- жұмсарту verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Latin
2 entries- mollescō verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- molliō verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Māori
3 entries- whakangohengohe verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- whakangāwari verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- whakapē verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Norwegian
1 entries- bløtgjøre verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Polish
4 entries- mięknąć verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- zmiękczać verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- zmiękczyć verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- zmięknąć verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Portuguese
2 entries- amolecer verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- suavizar verb ((transitive) To make less harsh)
Romanian
2 entries- muia verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- înmuia verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Russian
4 entries- размягча́ть verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- размягча́ться verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- размягчи́ть verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- размягчи́ться verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
Sicilian
1 entries- arrijuncari verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Spanish
4 entries- ablandar verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- ablandarse verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- amelcocharse verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- emblandecer verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Swedish
1 entries- mjukna verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Tagalog
1 entries- lumambot verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Turkish
2 entries- yumuşamak verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- yumuşatmak verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Ukrainian
4 entries- м'я́кшати verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- пом'я́кшувати verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
- пом'я́кшуватися verb ((intransitive) To become soft or softer)
- пом'якши́ти verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- gǃxàn verb ((transitive) To make something soft or softer)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
You can soften dialysis tubing by soaking it in water.
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Chloe's marriage is in the care of another deity: as for yourself, however, we will furnish you with means to soften Dryas, and gain his consent.
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Even the word depression itself was the terminological product of an effort to soften the connotation of deep trouble. In the last century, the term crisis was normally employed.
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