softness
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
softness
n 1: the property of giving little resistance to pressure and
being easily cut or molded [ant: {hardness}]
2: 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}]
3: 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}]
4: 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"
5: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency;
"and in softness almost beyond hearing" [ant: {intensity},
{loudness}, {volume}]
6: a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or
glare; "the softness of the morning sky"
7: 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}]
8: the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
[syn: {indistinctness}, {softness}, {blurriness},
{fogginess}, {fuzziness}] [ant: {distinctness}, {sharpness}]
9: 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}]
10: a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is
not something permitted of good leaders"
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
194 Moby Thesaurus words for "softness":
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
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