soft
- adjective
- /sɔft/
- While she was having coffee, she heard a soft, hesitant voice speak her name.
- soft power
- a soft approach
- too soft
My, my mum was the soft loving parent.
- My, my mum was the soft loving parent.
- And China is now practicing soft power and reaching out.
- So he's kind of playing this a little soft again, Fed mouthpiece.
- Your heart should be open, soft, you know, not crumbly and tough.
- It's, it's more like soft power and people are fighting back.
- I need to not look soft with the Americans.
- And I want you to remember that soft is the approach.
- They just banned our soft power projection of X into the country.
- It's because I, he does have a very soft, strong female part.
- He sort of sits in the middle soft right type thing.
- We got, yeah, soft planning would be nice, wouldn't it?
- All we got was a soft exit for Hugh Jintao.
Examples
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Now all of a sudden you got a soft spot for this guy.
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My, my mum was the soft loving parent.
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And I want you to remember that soft is the approach.
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We just have to hold on now and not go soft inside... stick close together the way we started out.
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Well, Mr. Cool Hand here is the soft heart in our loan department.
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Your heart should be open, soft, you know, not crumbly and tough.
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Students must also possess "soft skills" in order to be successful at the postsecondary level.
Academic text (2008) -
Seth was fully satisfied with Daimler's academic pedigree and the soft-spoken way in which he described it.
Fiction book (1995) -
You're soft, you're sensitive.
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The teacher took a soft approach to discipline, allowing the students to express their feelings.
Synonyms
Calm and relaxed, not harsh
Kind and not strong in action, sound, or touch
A person who is gentle and not forceful
Willing to let someone have what they want, even if it is not good for them
Not strict about rules and punishment
A person who feels sorry for others and helps them
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
Funds people give to parties or groups to influence elections instead of giving it directly to candidates
- Specialized
Part at the back of the mouth that lifts to close the nose when you swallow or speak
- Informal
A weak part of a plan or organization that others can easily take advantage of
- NSFW
A drug with mild effects, for example cannabis, that does not often cause addiction
- Specialized
A bullet with a soft tip that expands when it hits something to cause more damage
- Specialized
A small brown insect that lives on plants, drinks their juice and weakens them
- Specialized
A thick material of tiny particles that behaves like a solid and flows very slowly
- NSFW
A plan that makes people or machines stop working without causing death and without causing damage
- Specialized
A weapon that is not meant to kill people and is used for training and to control crowds
- Specialized
A metal that melts at low heat used to join metal parts, often in electronics
- Specialized
A small insect with a soft, waxy covering that lives on plant stems and leaves
- Specialized
A small blood-sucking animal without a hard shell on its back that bites animals and birds
- Specialized
A Cyrillic letter that makes the consonant before it sound with the tongue near the roof of the mouth
- Australian
A tall fern with a trunk and feathery leaves that grows in cool, shady places
A medium-sized Irish dog with a soft, light brown coat and a very hairy head
A water turtle with a flat soft shell that lives in rivers and lakes and bites hard
How Strict
Surface Forms
Etymology
Soft meant 'gentle' long ago, so calling someone soft says they are not strict or severe but more willing to be gentle or forgive, which is why the word now means lenient.