softness
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softness
- /ˈsɔftnəs/ US
- /ˈsɑftnəs/ cot caught merger
- /ˈsɒftnəs/ UK
Where it comes from
From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness.
noun softnesses
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The quality of being soft.
[…] the informal dressers, with their "divided skirts" and stealthy advances towards confessed trouserdom, are the strong-minded sisterhood, to whom the softnesses of sex are abominations […]
Similar: flaccidity, mollitude, softness
Opposite: hardness
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: softening, gentleness, delicacy, flexibility, kindness, smoothness, sweetness, suppleness, pliability, pliancy, tenderness, malleability, mildness, leniency, silkiness, velvetiness
noun
Opposite: hardness
Translations
Every language
noun the quality of being soft
| Español | suavidad, molicie |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कोमलता komaltā, मृदुलता mŕdultā, मृदुता mŕdutā, मार्दव mārdav |
| Kiswahili | wororo, ulaini |
| Português | suavidade |
| Français | douceur |
| Deutsch | Weichheit |
| Italiano | morbidezza |
| Ελληνικά | απαλότητα apalótita |
| Română | moliciune |
| Русский | мя́гкость mjáxkostʹ |
| العربية | نُعُومَة nuʕūma |
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