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softened 音标拼音: [s'ɔfənd] 软化 软化 softened adj 1: toned down 2: being or made softer or less loud or clear; " the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; " muffled drums"; " the muffled noises of the street"; " muted trumpets" [ synonym: { dull}, { muffled}, { muted}, { softened}] Soften \ Sof" ten\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Softened}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Softening}.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) To render less hard; -- said of matter. [ 1913 Webster] Their arrow' s point they soften in the flame. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. [ 1913 Webster] Diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the severe. -- Rambler. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault. [ 1913 Webster] ( d) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage. [ 1913 Webster] Music can soften pain to ease. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] ( e) To make calm and placid. [ 1913 Webster] All that cheers or softens life. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] ( f) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality. [ 1913 Webster] He bore his great commision in his look, But tempered awe, and softened all he spoke. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] ( g) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture. [ 1913 Webster] ( h) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury. [ 1913 Webster] ( i) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice. [ 1913 Webster] 84 Moby Thesaurus words for " softened": abject, apologetic, bated, chastened, complaisant, conditioned, constrained, contrite, controlled, creamy, damped, dampened, dead, deadened, delicate, dull, dulled, easy, eggshell, flat, gentle, gloss, hedged, hedged about, humble, humbled, hushed, in control, in hand, iridescent, leavened, light, limited, low- key, mellow, mellowy, melted, mild, mitigated, modified, modulated, mollified, mother- of- pearl, muffled, muted, nacreous, nonresistive, nonrigid, opalescent, pale, pastel, patinaed, pearly, penitent, penitential, penitentiary, qualified, quelled, quiet, repentant, restrained, restricted, sad, seasoned, semigloss, sheepish, simple, smothered, sober, soft, soft as putty, soft- colored, soft- hued, somber, sordo, stable, stifled, subdued, subtle, sweet, tempered, tender, touched, whisper- soft
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