noun
- A soft or foolish person; an idiot.
- Ellipsis of soft tyre (A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.)
- A soft sound or part of a sound.
adjective
- Easily giving way under pressure.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Gentle.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Not bright or intense.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Voiced; sonant.
- Voiceless
- (Slavic languages) palatalized
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Foolish.
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- (of a man) Effeminate.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
Synonyms: daft, foolish, silly, stupid, gentle, light, nesh, meek, mild, nesh, wimpy, fluffy, non-abrasive, quiet
adverb
- Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.
interjection
- Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.
Pronunciation
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