I'm not softening them.
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Softening
Synonyms for "softening" (130 found)
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Related words (65)
glosshushinginanitionlanguishmentlaxationleniencylenitivelesseningletdownletuplighteninglimitativelimitinglooseninglullingmellowingmildmitigatingmitigationmitigative
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mitigatorymodificatorymodifyingmodulationmodulatorymollificationmollifyingnumbingpacificationpaddingpain-killingpalliationpalliativepurgativequalificationqualificativequalificatoryqualifyingquieteningquietingreducingreductionrelaxationrelaxingreliefrelievingremedialremedyremissionrestrictingrestrictivesalvingslackeningsoftening-upsoothingsubduementsubduingtemperingthinningtranquilizationvarnishweakeningwhitewashwhitewashing
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12 translations across 7 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μάλαξις noun (process of making something soft)
Catalan
2 entries- ablaniment noun (process of making something soft)
- ablaniment noun (process of becoming soft)
Finnish
4 entries- pehmeneminen noun (process of becoming soft)
- pehmennys noun (process of making something soft)
- pehmentyminen noun (process of becoming soft)
- pehmentäminen noun (process of making something soft)
Galician
1 entries- suavizamento noun (process of making something soft)
Italian
1 entries- ammorbidimento noun (process of making something soft)
Latin
1 entries- ēmollītiō noun (process of making something soft)
Spanish
2 entries- ablandamiento noun (process of making something soft)
- ablandamiento noun (process of becoming soft)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The Wolf cried out to her, softening his voice a little:— "Pull the bobbin, and the latch will go up."
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