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Definitions for Softs

[1] yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
[2] relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood.
[3] smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse: a soft fabric; soft skin.
[4] producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable: soft slumber.
[5] low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious: soft music; a soft voice.
[6] not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring: soft light; a soft color.
[7] not hard or sharp: soft outlines.
[8] gentle or mild: soft breezes.
[9] genial or balmy, as climate or air.
[10] gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate: a soft, grandmotherly woman.
[11] smooth, soothing, or ingratiating: soft words.
[12] not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand.
[13] responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted.
[14] sentimental or flowery, as language: soft, meaningless talk.
[15] not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion: He was too soft for the Marines.
[16] Informal . easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe: a soft job.
[17] Informal . easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable.
[18] lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, especially regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening: to be soft on Communism.
[19] (of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
[20] (of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency.
[21] (of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak: a soft tourist season. Compare firm1(def 7) .
[22] (of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms: a soft loan.
[23] soft-core.
[24] Metallurgy . (of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized. (of solder) fusing readily. (of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness.
[25] Photography . (of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone. (of a focus) lacking in sharpness. (of a lens) unable to be focused sharply.
[26] Phonetics . (of consonants) lenis, especially lenis and voiced. (of c and g ) pronounced as in cent and gem. (of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized. Compare hard(def 38) .
[27] Military . (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack.
[28] Aerospace . (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents: a soft landing on the moon.
[29] Physics . (of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation) having relatively low energy: soft x-rays. Compare hard(def 40) .
[30] (of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate.
[31] foolish or stupid: soft in the head.
[32] (of a detergent) readily biodegradable.
[33] something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
[34] softness.
[35] in a soft manner.
[36] be quiet! hush!
[37] not so fast! stop!
[38] be soft on someone , Informal . to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for: He's been soft on her for years.
[39] another name for soft commodities
[40] easy to dent, work, or cut without shattering; malleable
[41] not hard; giving little or no resistance to pressure or weight
[42] fine, light, smooth, or fluffy to the touch
[43] gentle; tranquil
[44] (of music, sounds, etc) low and pleasing
[45] (of light, colour, etc) not excessively bright or harsh
[46] (of a breeze, climate, etc) temperate, mild, or pleasant
[47] dialect drizzly or rainy a soft day ; the weather has turned soft
[48] slightly blurred; not sharply outlined soft focus
[49] (of a diet) consisting of easily digestible foods
[50] kind or lenient, often excessively so
[51] easy to influence or impose upon
[52] prepared to compromise; not doctrinaire the soft left
[53] informal feeble or silly; simple (often in the phrase soft in the head )
[54] unable to endure hardship, esp through too much pampering
[55] physically out of condition; flabby soft muscles
[56] loving; tender soft words
[57] informal requiring little exertion; easy a soft job
[58] chem (of water) relatively free of mineral salts and therefore easily able to make soap lather
[59] (of a drug such as cannabis) nonaddictive or only mildly addictive Compare hard (def. 19)
[60] (of news coverage) concentrating on trivial stories or those with human interest
[61] phonetics an older word for lenis (not in technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as palatal or alveolar fricatives or affricates (s, / dʒ /, / ʃ /, / ð /, / tʃ /) before e and i, rather than as velar stops (k, g) (in the Slavonic languages) palatalized before a front vowel or a special character (soft sign ) written as Ь
[62] unprotected against attack a soft target military unarmoured, esp as applied to a truck by comparison with a tank
[63] finance , mainly US (of prices, a market, etc) unstable and tending to decline
[64] (of a currency) in relatively little demand, esp because of a weak balance of payments situation
[65] (of radiation, such as X-rays and ultraviolet radiation) having low energy and not capable of deep penetration of materials
[66] physics (of valves or tubes) only partially evacuated
[67] related to the performance of non-specific, undefinable tasks soft skills such as customer services and office support
[68] soft on or soft about gentle, sympathetic, or lenient towards feeling affection or infatuation for
[69] in a soft manner to speak soft
[70] a soft object, part, or piece
[71] informal See softie
[72] quiet!
[73] wait!

Words nearby Softs

ofer, soffit, soffritto, sofia, sofrito, soft, soft armor, soft chancre, soft clam, soft coal, soft commodities

Origin of Softs

before 1000; Middle English softe yielding, gentle, mild, Old English sōfte agreeable; cognate with German sanft

Other words from Softs

soft·ly , adverb
soft·ness , noun
o·ver·soft , adjective
o·ver·soft·ly , adverb
o·ver·soft·ness , noun
su·per·soft , adjective
ul·tra·soft , adjective
ul·tra·soft·ly , adverb
ul·tra·soft·ness , noun
un·soft , adjective
un·soft·ly , adverb
un·soft·ness , noun

Word origin for Softs

Old English sōfte; related to Old Saxon sāfti, Old High German semfti gentle