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Softens up

Synonyms for "softens up" (107 found)

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Informal (28)

Name, noun, verb, slang(7 words)

work shake sap mash soap butter harry

Adj, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

color pulp cripple

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

lead mellow blunt honey

Name, noun, pron, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(6 words)

ease smash rattle fluff gruel soft-soap

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(5 words)

shake up get around lay low lay it on butter up

General use (79)

Adj, name, verb(2 words)

Noun, verb(16 words)

stroke move blockade affect cushion influence invest incline harass dispose surround tinge knead soft soap bribe massage

Name, noun, verb(5 words)

bend sway oil abate blarney

Verb(38 words)

reduce beset weaken relax soften subdue dampen encompass induce loosen deaden encircle persuade mollify unman undermine envelop tone down wear down debilitate

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besiege string along unstring lay it on thick beleaguer tune down unnerve take the edge off enfeeble eviscerate unbrace devitalize limber up lead by the nose play up to predispose tenderize milden

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

exhaust prompt limber

Adj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

damp cramp gentle

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adj, verb(4 words)

mitigate attenuate extenuate enervate

unstrengthen lay siege to laxate weigh with kid along overdo it

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