soften

Senso (Inglese)

1. To make something soft or softer.
2. To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
3. To make less harsh
4. To become soft or softer
5. To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
6. To palatalize.

Sinonimi

melt

make soft

weaken

become soft

moderate

mollify

lessen

subdue

mellow

damp

smooth

temper

cushion

allay

relent

mince

assuage

break

dampen

diminish

loosen

mitigate

reduce

soak

soothe

make wet

rumple

yield

appease

palliate

lower

enervate

blunt

tan

smooth over

mash

calm down

alleviate

touch

go soft

dull

buffer

debilitate

move

relieve

impair

attenuate

cover

condition

reduce to mildness

mitigated

modify

mollification

overcome

placate

plasticize

polish

🇵🇱

puddle

pull

render submissive

relax

blur

rub

shake

simplify

slacken

become easy

soaked

sociable

soft

softened

softening

sooth

plastify

squeeze

straighten

blend

sweeten

take away

batching

tenderize

tone down

train

🚋

unbend

unbrace

wash out

water down

watery

worsen

become tender

bring to an end

loosen up

make fluffy

make peaceful

devitalize,

move about

see nyorovedo 3

become loose

be mitigated

become fluffy

emolliate

malacia

malacoma

malacosis

mollescence

mollities

plastication

plasticise

be soft

be yielding

become ripe

become gentle

devitalise

grow soft

be pliable

be squashy

malax

curry

🍛

plasticization

deaden

de-escalate

deflate

demineralization

devitalize

depress

vacuum deterioration

dissolve

dominate

drench

ease

educate

emasculate

emollient

enfeeble

facilitate

fluff up

gentle

hush up

knead

crumple

lighten

give pleasure to

lull

master

crumble

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsɒfən/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.