softening
Meaning
soften
- (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
- (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- (transitive) To make less harsh
- (intransitive) To become soft or softer
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
- To palatalize.
Synonyms
malacoma
malacosis
malactic
mollescence
mollities
toning down
Translations
adoucissement
ammorbidente
ablaniment suavització
تلين
weich werdend Auflockerung Erleichterung der Bedingungen تلْيِينFrequency
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English softenynge, softynand, equivalent to soften + -ing.
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