Soft, ad. Gently, quietly, softly.
Soft, interj. Hold, stop, not so fast.
Soften, v. a.
- 1. Intenerate, melt, touch, make tender, make soft.
- 2. Assuage, appease, mitigate, balm, moderate, alleviate, soothe, mollify, quiet, calm, still, quell, allay,
relieve, ease, abate, temper, qualify, attemper, dull, lessen, blunt, make easy.
- 3. Palliate, lessen, qualify, modify, varnish, extenuate.
- 4. Enervate, weaken, make effeminate.
- 5. Refine, beautify.
- 6. Mollify, intenerate.
- 7. Qualify, modify.
Soften, v. n.
- 1. Grow soft, become soft
- 2. Relent.
- 3. Grow gentle.
- 4. Melt, blend.
Soi-disant, a. [Fr.] Pretended, would-be, self-styled, self-dubbed.
Soil, v. a. Foul, dirty, stain, pollute, sully, tarnish, defile, taint, contaminate, daub, bedaub, begrime, besmear, bespatter, make foul, bemire.
Soil, n.
- 1. Dirt, filth, foulness, foul matter.
- 2. Stain, blot, spot, tarnish, defilement, taint, blemish.
- 3. Mould, loam, earth, ground.