soft+words
31soft — I U.S.A.; Pittsburgh, PA 1. partially or totally intoxicated; drunk; high. 2. weak, timid, not able to defend oneself. II Rasta Dictionary not well done, amateurish; unable to cope broke, no money III North Country (Newcastle) Words moist, mild,… …
32soft soap — /sɒft ˈsoʊp/ (say soft sohp) noun 1. the semifluid soap produced when potassium hydroxide is used in the saponification of a fat or an oil. 2. Colloquial smooth words; flattery …
33soft-soap — 1. noun Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words. 2. verb To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words …
34soft cover — Synonyms and related words: best seller, book, bound book, classic, coloring book, definitive work, folio, great work, hardback, juvenile, juvenile book, limp cover book, magnum opus, nonbook, notebook, novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, paperback …
35soft pedal — Synonyms and related words: allow for, baffle, choke, choke off, color, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, deafen, diminish, dull, dumbfound, ease, extenuate, gag, gloss over, hush, hush hush, ignore, lessen, make allowance for, mince, mitigate,… …
36soft sell — Synonyms and related words: consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, direct mail selling, hard sell, hawking, high pressure salesmanship, huckstering, jobbing, low pressure salesmanship, mail order selling, market research,… …
37soft spot — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, affinity, aptitude, aptness, assailability, bent, bias, cast, chink, conatus, conduciveness, delight, diathesis, disposition, eagerness, exposed nerve, feeling for, fondness, heel of Achilles, inclination …
38soft soap — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. praise, cajolery, blarney. see flattery II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. Excessive, ingratiating praise: adulation, blandishment, blarney, flattery, incense2, oil, slaver. Idiom: honeyed words. See PRAISE …
39hard words break no bones — A terser statement of the sentiment in sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Cf. c 1450 Towneley Play of Noah (EETS) 1. 380 Thise grete wordis shall not flay me. 1697 G. MERITON Yorkshire Ale (ed. 3) 84 Foul words… …
40List of English words of Japanese origin — Words of Japanese origin have entered many languages. Some words are simple transliterations of Japanese language words for concepts inherent to Japanese culture, but some are actually words of Chinese origin that were first exposed to English… …
