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View definitions for softened

softened

adjective as in euphemistic

adjective as in low-key

adjective as in mellowed

Weak match

adjective as in relieved

adjective as in touched

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Example Sentences

Today, Sunday, the cast will perform a softened, “autism-friendly” version of the production for those on the spectrum.

Use of the word apartheid in the world has broadened and softened, referring to just about anything that means separation.

But after a short while, Gingrich softened, and he and Clinton did pass some things—a landmark budget, and welfare reform.

The floors were softened by cork tiles, the walls by Philippine mahogany paneling.

But you were nominated for an Oscar for Les Misérables 10 days after it opened, so that must have softened the blow.

She looked up at him with sad and eloquent eyes, which softened his heart in spite of himself.

The gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.

To demonstrate them, a crust or a hair from the affected area is softened with a few drops of 20 per cent.

Up to this moment Jake had felt quite softened towards the man he had once thought to kill.

While Jos spoke, something akin to kindness crept through the hard, somber lines, the lips twitched and the eyes softened.

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On this page you'll find 318 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to softened, such as: cloudy, cold, dark, dim, dismal, and flat.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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