softness

Examples

• All

• Love avoids the hard things, but it can go around the hard things and get into the softness of the soul.

• Just trying to find some softness or love.

  Fiction book (1996)

• All I want is a little softness right down here.

• I still want a little bit of that softness happening.

• The truth is I had a load of softness in me.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Feel the child relax into the softness of your breast.

  Fiction book (1996)

• For it is in self-compassion and softness for ourselves that we find peace and inner confidence.

  Blog text (30)

• Nola feels herself rise and climb into the roomy softness of her mother's lap to cry.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Archer smiles gently, almost sadly, with a softness and genuineness that Castor Troy could never feel, could never fake.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The prince's Christianity consists of his innate kindness, softness, and moral ideas borrowed from the Bible, theology, and philosophy.

  Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

W

warmth

vssoftness

103 1.0

A friendly, kind feeling in the way someone speaks or acts

is the wider trait of being mild and forgiving, beyond friendliness

T

tenderness

vssoftness

41 3.4

A gentle caring feeling of love and concern for someone

focuses more broadly on mild, forgiving manner not only affection

L

leniency

vssoftness

26 4.6

Not being strict when judging or punishing someone

extends that lenient approach to overall gentle behavior and manner

G

gentleness

vssoftness

19 1.3

A kind, calm way of treating people or animals

is the broad quality of being mild and forgiving in manner

N

niceness

vssoftness

11 1.3

A kind and polite way of treating other people

adds an element of forgiveness and mildness beyond mere politeness

L

lenience

vssoftness

1 6.0

To be kind when judging or punishing people

applies that mercy more widely to calm, forgiving personal manner

S

soft touch

vssoftness

1 3.7

A gentle way of touching or handling people and objects

is the general inner quality of being mild and forgiving in manner

M

mildness

vssoftness

1 3.3

A gentle, calm way of treating people

focuses more on gentle forgiveness across behavior than on simple moderation

B

benignity

vssoftness

1 8.1

A kind, gentle way of acting that makes people feel safe

is the general mild, forgiving personal quality including such acts

L

lenity

vssoftness

• Formal

9.9

Being kind and not strict when judging or punishing someone

covers that mercy but also general mildness in everyday manner

S

softheartedness

vssoftness

6.1

A kind feeling that makes you easily feel sorry for people in need

shares compassion but is broader, covering mildness and forgiving attitude

T

tenderheartedness

vssoftness

5.8

A kind, gentle feeling that makes you feel sorry for others and want to help them

is more general, adding mild, forgiving behavior beyond emotional response

W

warmness

vssoftness

1.1

A feeling of kindness and affection toward someone

includes that warmth but stresses mildness and forgiving behavior too

W

warmheartedness

vssoftness

4.4

A kind and friendly feeling toward other people

covers caring but also the forgiving, mild side of personal manner

B

benignancy

vssoftness

9.9

A kind, gentle way of acting that makes people feel cared for

is a broader label for mild, forgiving manner including benevolence

D

delicateness

vssoftness

5.3

Careful, gentle way of dealing with people or difficult situations

is more about overall mildness and forgiving personal manner rather than sensitivity

Antonyms

H

harshness

6 4.1

Very severe or unkind treatment that causes harm

S

sternness

1 5.1

A strict, serious attitude that does not allow bad behavior

How Gentle

indulgence

19 5.1

softness

3 1.8

leniency

26 4.6

gentleness

19 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology