soft-soap

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soft-soap

noun soft soap · softsoap

idiomatic, uncountable Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words. And look here, my dear, don't let them get round you with soft soap either.

verb soft-soaps · soft-soaping · soft-soaped · soft soap · softsoap

idiomatic, informal, transitive To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.
Similar: cajole, inveigle, wheedle, blandander, blandish, butter up, sweeten, fast-talk, canoodle, carny, coax, collogue

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verb to try to persuade by flattering

Español	adular, endulzar el oído
Italiano	adulare, intortare, abbindolare

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@misc{soft_soap_2026,
  title = {soft-soap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/soft-soap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}