softening

Meaning of softening

verb
  1. To make something soft or softer.
    Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
  2. To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
    Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
  3. To make less harsh
    Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
  4. To become soft or softer
    The butter softened as it warmed up.
noun
  1. The process of making something soft.
  2. The process of becoming soft.

Information about softening

  • The plural form of softening is: softenings.
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Hyphenation of softening

soft-en-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • softening is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

softening synonyms

Meaning demulcent:

demulcent, emollient, salving

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