softness

nounimpressibility

nouncompassion

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Synonyms for softness

noun impressibility

More words related to softness

compassion

noun. tender feeling

delicacies

noun. daintiness, fineness of structure

delicacy

noun. daintiness, fineness of structure

femininities

noun. girlishness

femininity

noun. girlishness

Word Origin & History

Old English softnes "ease, comfort; state of being soft to the touch; luxury;" see soft (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "weakness of character, effeminacy" is from c.1600.

Example Sentences for softness

With his whole soul, he marvelled at her softness and relaxation.

The least trace of softness in his voice would, I think, have broken down my temper.

His skin still preserved the softness of his twenty-six years.

And the immense sheet of water expanded beneath the softness of the sky.

The sun set, the evening was like the softness of springtime.

The one producing a temper of hardness and ferocity, the other of softness and effeminacy, I replied.

The softness of his speech in no way disguised the iciness of his manner.

"They'd locate the softness in t'other head of the two, Sam," he suggested.

It made a little cry, and he was all softness in an instant.

There was little of softness in his face, little that was imaginative.