Definition:
- (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.
- (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
- (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
- (v. t.) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
- (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
- (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
- (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
- (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
- (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
- (v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
Compare soften with other words:
often vs. soften
blur vs. soften
emollition vs. soften
remollient vs. soften
mollient vs. soften
demulce vs. soften
indigested vs. soften
digester vs. soften
malaxate vs. soften
sloom vs. soften
harden vs. soften
demonstration vs. soften
intenerate vs. soften
soften vs. softener
emollient vs. soften
macerate vs. soften
harsh vs. soften
soften vs. undermine
morale vs. soften
bumper vs. soften
soften vs. soothe
relent vs. soften
mellow vs. soften
lithe vs. soften
soft vs. soften
resolve vs. soften
chew vs. soften
grain vs. soften
melt vs. soften
mollify vs. soften