soften
Origin of soften
1Other words for soften
Opposites for soften
Other words from soften
- o·ver·soft·en, verb
- re·sof·ten, verb
- un·soft·en·ing, adjective
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How to use soften in a sentence
But softening the tone and opening the door to gays and remarried Catholics remains within arms reach.
Pope Francis Wins a Battle to Welcome Gays in the Church | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther artists are joining in his call—but the government is showing no signs of softening its hardline stance toward the artist.
But the offer represents a significant softening of earlier demands from the United States and even the Obama administration.
This overall softening in sales was anticipated in a projection by ShopperTrak, a Chicago-based research firm.
Holiday Sales Disappoint, E-Commerce Roars Ahead | Matthew Zeitlin | December 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBuzzfeed meanwhile reports that other Republicans are softening the Rice rhetoric.
The Nonexistent Case Against Susan Rice Crumbles | Michael Tomasky | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He thought of every softening influence of religion which over his own disciplined heart had power, but put them aside as useless.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellAfter the softening, the quasi-reconciliation of the day before, his chagrin and disappointment were great.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardOver her face there passed strange lights, strange tremors, a strange softening of the small indomitable mouth.
The Creators | May SinclairIf it should prove to be softening of the brain, a melancholy interest will attach to the present document.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonParesis is what is sometimes called softening of the brain, and it attacks by preference men under thirty-five.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for soften
/ (ˈsɒfən) /
to make or become soft or softer
to make or become gentler
(intr) commerce
(of demand, a market, etc) to weaken
(of a price) to fall
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