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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb & intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
softens, softening, softened |
| definition: |
to make or become soft or softer.
- synonyms:
- cushion, dim, lower, moderate, mollify, mute, relax, subdue, tone down
- antonyms:
- coarsen, harden, stiffen, toughen
- similar words:
- break, melt, tender
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| related words: |
allay, blunt, cushion, diffuse, digest, ease, loose, lower, mellow, mince, moderate, modulate, mollify, mute, pacify, pale, qualify, quell, relent, smooth, still, temper, thaw, warm, yield |
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