Thesaurus / soften
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GUIDE TO USING INTERACTIVE 404S TO BOOST YOUR SEOAMANDA JERELYNSEPTEMBER 24, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHWarming temperatures also soften the ice itself, so that it slides more quickly toward the sea.
GLOBAL WARMING MAY LEAD TO PRACTICALLY IRREVERSIBLE ANTARCTIC MELTINGCAROLYN GRAMLINGSEPTEMBER 23, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe puff portion refers to softened crude, thin as heated maple syrup, rising up through production wells.
OIL COMPANIES ARE PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL SPILLS. AND CALIFORNIA LETS THEM.BY JANET WILSON, THE DESERT SUN, AND LYLLA YOUNES, PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICAMany of those organizations pursued ad opportunities on social networks like Twitter to soften the loss of match-day revenue.
‘AN UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD OF DARWINIAN EXPERIMENTATION’: AS SPORTS RETURN, TWITTER EYES AD BOOSTSEB JOSEPHSEPTEMBER 18, 2020DIGIDAYAs a result, some schools have worked to soften the blow by skipping scheduled tuition hikes or even cutting the costs.
COLLEGE TUITION IS SEEING ITS STEEPEST DROP SINCE 1978LEE CLIFFORDSEPTEMBER 12, 2020FORTUNEA trace of light had begun to soften the sky over the dome, but had not yet seeped down to ground level.
FEE OF THE FRONTIERHORACE BROWN FYFEThe old woman meanwhile tried to soften the obdurate wall with melted butter and new milk—but in vain.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSHe had tried to soften his reply, but not being politic or tactful had succeeded only in expressing himself more brusquely.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDThe rapidity of their decomposition is such, that when spread on the land they are seen to soften and disappear in a short time.
ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRYTHOMAS ANDERSONMadame Malmaison knew it also, but the hard look on her greedy face did not soften.
THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNFRED M. WHITEWORDS RELATED TO SOFTEN
- allays
- alleviates
- appeases
- assuages
- balms
- becalms
- butters up
- calms down
- cheers
- composes
- consoles
- cools
- cools off
- dulcifies
- helps
- hushes
- lightens
- lulls
- makes nice
- makes up
- mitigates
- mollifies
- pacifies
- patches things up
- plays up to
- pours oil on
- quietens
- quiets
- relieves
- settles
- smooths down
- softens
- squares
- stills
- strokes
- subdues
- takes the edge off
- takes the sting out
- tranquilizes
- unburdens
- untroubles
- bear down
- beat down
- break
- break in
- check
- conquer
- control
- crush
- defeat
- discipline
- dominate
- drop
- extinguish
- gentle
- get the better of
- get the upper hand
- get under control
- humble
- mellow
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- put down
- quash
- quell
- quench
- quiet
- quieten
- reduce
- repress
- restrain
- shut down
- soften
- squelch
- subjugate
- suppress
- tame
- temper
- tone down
- trample
- triumph over
- vanquish
- bears down
- beats down
- breaks
- breaks in
- checks
- conquers
- controls
- crushes
- defeats
- disciplines
- dominates
- drops
- extinguishes
- gentles
- gets the better of
- gets the upper hand
- gets under control
- humbles
- mellows
- overcomes
- overpowers
- overruns
- puts down
- quashes
- quells
- quenches
- quietens
- quiets
- reduces
- represses
- restrains
- shuts down
- softens
- squelches
- subjugates
- suppresses
- tames
- tempers
- tones down
- tramples
- triumph over
- vanquishes
- adulate
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- breaking
- breaking in
- breaking the spirit
- bridling
- bringing to heeling
- busting
- checking
- conquering
- curbing
- disciplining
- domesticizing
- domiciliating
- enslaving
- gentling
- house-training
- housebreaking
- humbling
- mitigating
- muting
- pacifying
- repressing
- restraining
- softening
- subduing
- subjugating
- suppressing
- tempering
- toning down
- training
- vanquishing
- water down
- abate
- adjust
- admix
- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- chill out
- cool
- cool out
- curb
- dilute
- ease
- fine tune
- lessen
- make reasonable
- mitigate
- modulate
- mollify
- pacify
- palliate
- relieve
- restrain
- revamp
- soft pedal
- soften
- soothe
- switch
- take the bite out of
- take the edge off
- take the sting out of
- tone down
- transmogrify
- weaken
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