'Softness' definitions:
Definition of 'softness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded [ant: hardness]
noun
Poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) [syn: unfitness, softness] [ant: fitness, physical fitness]
noun
The quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing; "the day's heat faded into balminess"; "the climate had the softness of the south of France" [syn: balminess, softness]
noun
A state of declining economic condition; "orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness"; "he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy"
noun
A sound property that is free from loudness or stridency; "and in softness almost beyond hearing" [ant: intensity, loudness, volume]
noun
A visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare; "the softness of the morning sky"
noun
Acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered; "his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough" [syn: gentleness, softness, mildness]
noun
The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines [syn: indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness] [ant: distinctness, sharpness]
noun
The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" [syn: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness]
noun
A disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
Definition of 'Softness'
From: GCIDE
- Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.] The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective. [1913 Webster] Soft-shell
Synonyms of 'softness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptance,
- adynamia,
- airiness,
- anemia,
- ascent,
- atony,
- blah feeling,
- bloodlessness,
- bubbliness,
- buoyancy,
- cachexia,
- cachexy,
- carelessness,
- chicken-liveredness,
- chickenheartedness,
- clemency,
- clementness,
- commodiousness,
- compassion,
- convenience,
- cowardice,
- cowardliness,
- coziness,
- cullibility,
- cushioniness,
- daintiness,
- debilitation,
- debility,
- deceivability,
- decrescendo,
- delicacy,
- dimness,
- doughiness,
- down,
- downiness,
- dullness,
- dupability,
- easiness,
- easygoingness,
- ethereality,
- etiolation,
- faintheart,
- faintheartedness,
- faintness,
- fatigue,
- fear,
- feeblemindedness,
- feebleness,
- filminess,
- fine-grainedness,
- fineness,
- flabbiness,
- flaccidity,
- flatness,
- fleshiness,
- floatability,
- fluff,
- fluffiness,
- foaminess,
- fondness,
- forbearance,
- forbearing,
- forcelessness,
- friendliness,
- frothiness,
- fuzz,
- fuzziness,
- gentleness,
- gossameriness,
- greenness,
- gullibility,
- henheartedness,
- hoaxability,
- homelikeness,
- homeliness,
- homeyness,
- hospitality,
- humaneness,
- humanity,
- impotence,
- impotency,
- imprecision,
- impuissance,
- indifference,
- indistinctness,
- infirmity,
- ingenuousness,
- lack of weight,
- languishment,
- languor,
- lassitude,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- lenience,
- leniency,
- lenientness,
- lenity,
- levitation,
- levity,
- lightness,
- lily-liveredness,
- listlessness,
- looseness,
- loosening,
- lowness,
- luxuriousness,
- mashiness,
- mercifulness,
- mercy,
- mildness,
- milksopism,
- milksoppiness,
- milksoppishness,
- moderateness,
- mushiness,
- naiveness,
- naivete,
- naivety,
- negligence,
- overindulgence,
- overpermissiveness,
- pastel,
- pastel color,
- pastiness,
- patience,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- peach fuzz,
- permissiveness,
- persuadability,
- pigeonheartedness,
- pithiness,
- pity,
- power vacuum,
- powerlessness,
- prostration,
- pubescence,
- pulpiness,
- pulpousness,
- refinement,
- relaxation,
- relaxedness,
- remissness,
- reposefulness,
- restfulness,
- roominess,
- satin,
- satininess,
- seduceability,
- silk,
- silkiness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- slackness,
- sloppiness,
- sluggishness,
- smoothness,
- snugness,
- soft color,
- softheartedness,
- sponginess,
- squashiness,
- strengthlessness,
- subaudibility,
- subduedness,
- subtle color,
- succulence,
- tender feeling,
- tenderheartedness,
- tenderness,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- timorousness,
- tolerance,
- unclearness,
- unheaviness,
- unmanfulness,
- unmanliness,
- unrestraint,
- unsophistication,
- velvet,
- velvetiness,
- volatility,
- warm heart,
- warmheartedness,
- warmness,
- weak-mindedness,
- weakheartedness,
- weakliness,
- weakness,
- weariness,
- weightlessness,
- yeastiness,
- yellowness
Words containing 'Softness'
- Soft,
- Softly,
- soft on,
- very softly,
- Soft cancer,
- Soft chancre,
- Soft clam,
- Soft coal,
- Soft crab,
- Soft dorsal,
- Soft grass,
- Soft money,
- Soft mute,
- Soft palate,
- Soft patch,
- Soft ray,
- Soft sawder,
- Soft soap,
- Soft solder,
- Soft steel,
- Soft tortoise,
- Soft water,
- laugh softly,
- soft chess,
- soft copy,
- soft corn,
- soft cover,
- soft diet,
- soft drink,
- soft drug,
- soft flag,
- soft glass,
- soft goods,
- soft market,
- soft news,
- soft option,
- soft pedal,
- soft pretzel,
- soft roe,
- soft roll,
- soft rot,
- soft rush,
- soft scale,
- soft sell,
- soft spoken,
- soft spot,
- soft tick,
- soft touch,
- soft wheat,
- Soft-finned,
- Soft-headed,
- Soft-hearted,
- Soft-heartedness,
- Soft-shell,
- Soft-shelled,
- Soft-spoken,
- Soft-tack,
- Tread-softly,
- brown soft scale,
- creeping soft grass,
- soft ice cream,
- soft shield fern,
- soft tree fern,
- soft-boiled,
- soft-cover,
- soft-footed,
- soft-haired,
- soft-nosed,
- soft-pedal,
- soft-shoe,
- soft-soap,
- soft-solder,
- soft-witted,
- Soft-shell clam,
- Soft-shell tortoise,
- Soft-shelled crab,
- Soft-shelled crabs,
- Soft-shelled turtle,
- soft-cast steel,
- soft-cover book,
- soft-finned fish,
- soft-nosed bullets,
- soft-shell crab,
- soft-shoe dancing,
- soft-shoe shuffle,
- soft-coated wheaten terrier