'soften up' definitions:
Synonyms of 'soften up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- affect,
- attenuate,
- beleaguer,
- bend,
- beset,
- besiege,
- bias,
- blarney,
- blockade,
- blunt,
- butter,
- butter up,
- color,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cushion,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- devitalize,
- dispose,
- dull,
- ease,
- encircle,
- encompass,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- envelop,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- fluff,
- gentle,
- get around,
- gruel,
- harass,
- harry,
- honey,
- incline,
- induce,
- influence,
- invest,
- jolly,
- kid along,
- knead,
- laxate,
- lay it on,
- lay low,
- lay siege to,
- lead,
- limber,
- limber up,
- loosen,
- mash,
- massage,
- mellow,
- milden,
- mitigate,
- mollify,
- move,
- oil,
- overdo it,
- persuade,
- play up to,
- plump,
- predispose,
- prompt,
- pulp,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- relax,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- smash,
- soap,
- soft-soap,
- soften,
- squash,
- string along,
- stroke,
- subdue,
- supple,
- surround,
- sway,
- tenderize,
- tinge,
- tone,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- weaken,
- wear down,
- weigh with,
- work