softness
noun
1 softness
The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded.
Roget 822:
sensibility,
sensibleness,
sensitiveness;
moral sensibility;
impressibility,
affectibility†;
susceptibleness,
susceptibility,
susceptivity†;
mobility;
vivacity,
vivaciousness;
tenderness,
softness;
sentimental,
sentimentality;
sentimentalism.
excitability
etc.
825;
fastidiousness
etc.
868;
physical sensibility
etc.
375.
sore point,
sore place;
where the shoe pinches.
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Roget 615:
motive,
springs of action,
wellsprings of action.
reason,
ground,
call,
principle;
by end,
by purpose;
mainspring,
primum mobile [Lat.],
keystone;
the why and the wherefore;
pro and con,
reason why;
secret motive,
arriere pensee [Fr.];
intention
etc.
620.
inducement,
consideration;
attraction;
loadstone;
magnet,
magnetism,
magnetic force;
allectation†,
allective†;
temptation,
enticement,
agacerie†,
allurement,
witchery;
bewitchment,
bewitchery;
charm;
spell
etc.
993;
fascination,
blandishment,
cajolery;
seduction,
seducement;
honeyed words,
voice of the tempter,
song of the Sirens forbidden fruit,
golden apple.
persuasibility†,
persuasibleness†;
attractability†;
impressibility,
susceptibility;
softness;
persuasiveness,
attractiveness;
tantalization†.
influence,
prompting,
dictate,
instance;
impulse,
impulsion;
incitement,
incitation;
press,
instigation;
provocation
etc.
(excitation of feeling)
824;
inspiration;
persuasion,
suasion;
encouragement,
advocacy;
exhortation;
advice
etc.
695;
solicitation
etc.
(request)
765;
lobbyism;
pull [Slang].
incentive,
stimulus,
spur,
fillip,
whip,
goad,
ankus†,
rowel,
provocative,
whet,
dram.
bribe,
lure;
decoy,
decoy duck;
bait,
trail of a red herring;
bribery and corruption;
sop,
sop for Cerberus.
prompter,
tempter;
seducer,
seductor†;
instigator,
firebrand,
incendiary;
Siren,
Circe;
agent provocateur;
lobbyist.
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Roget 324:
softness,
pliableness
etc.
adj.;
flexibility;
pliancy,
pliability;
sequacity†,
malleability;
ductility,
tractility†;
extendibility,
extensibility;
plasticity;
inelasticity,
flaccidity,
laxity.
penetrability.
clay,
wax,
butter,
dough,
pudding;
alumina,
argil;
cushion,
pillow,
feather bed,
down,
padding,
wadding;
foam.
mollification;
softening
etc.
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Polish: miękkość
2 softness
Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury).
synonym: unfitness.
3 softness
The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing:
— The climate had the softness of the south of France.
synonym: balminess.
4 softness
A state of declining economic condition.
5 softness
A sound property that is free from loudness or stridency.
Polish: miękkość
6 softness
A visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare.
Polish: miękkość
7 softness
Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered:
— Suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby.
synonyms: gentleness, mildness.
Dutch: minzaamheid
Polish: delikatność
8 softness
9 softness
The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man):
— He was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him.
synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness.
Dutch: effeminatie, verwijfdheid, verwijfd
Polish: zniewieściałość, niemęskość
10 softness
A disposition to be lenient in judging others.
Polish: miękkość
Moby thesaurus: acceptance, adynamia, airiness, anemia, ascent, atony, blah feeling, bloodlessness, bubbliness, buoyancy, cachexia, cachexy, carelessness, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness, clemency, clementness, commodiousness, compassion, convenience, cowardice, cowardliness, coziness, cullibility, cushioniness, daintiness, debilitation, debility, deceivability, decrescendo, delicacy, dimness, doughiness, down, downiness, dullness, dupability, easiness, easygoingness, ethereality, etiolation, faintheart, faintheartedness, faintness, fatigue, fear, feeblemindedness, feebleness, filminess, fine-grainedness, fineness, flabbiness, flaccidity, flatness, fleshiness, floatability, fluff, fluffiness, foaminess, fondness, forbearance, forbearing, forcelessness, friendliness, frothiness, fuzz, fuzziness, gentleness, gossameriness, greenness, gullibility, henheartedness, hoaxability, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness, hospitality, humaneness, humanity, impotence, impotency, imprecision, impuissance, indifference, indistinctness, infirmity, ingenuousness, lack of weight, languishment, languor, lassitude, laxity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity, levitation, levity, lightness, lily-liveredness, listlessness, looseness, loosening, lowness, luxuriousness, mashiness, mercifulness, mercy, mildness, milksopism, milksoppiness, milksoppishness, moderateness, mushiness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pastel, pastel color, pastiness, patience, peace, peacefulness, peach fuzz, permissiveness, persuadability, pigeonheartedness, pithiness, pity, power vacuum, powerlessness, prostration, pubescence, pulpiness, pulpousness, refinement, relaxation, relaxedness, remissness, reposefulness, restfulness, roominess, satin, satininess, seduceability, silk, silkiness, simpleness, simplicity, slackness, sloppiness, sluggishness, smoothness, snugness, soft color, softheartedness, sponginess, squashiness, strengthlessness, subaudibility, subduedness, subtle color, succulence, tender feeling, tenderheartedness, tenderness, timidity, timidness, timorousness, tolerance, unclearness, unheaviness, unmanfulness, unmanliness, unrestraint, unsophistication, velvet, velvetiness, volatility, warm heart, warmheartedness, warmness, weak-mindedness, weakheartedness, weakliness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, yeastiness, yellowness ... show more.
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