soft

Easily giving way under pressure.

My head sank easily into the soft pillow.

(of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.

Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.

soft silk; a soft skin

Đồng nghĩa: fluffy, non-abrasive

(of a sound) Quiet.

I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.

Đồng nghĩa: quiet

Gentle.

There was a soft breeze blowing.

Đồng nghĩa: gentle, light, nesh

Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.

soft eyes

Gentle in action or motion; easy.

Limp, weak.

Weak in character; impressible.

Requiring little or no effort; easy.

Not bright or intense.

soft lighting

Having a slight angle from straight.

At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.

It's important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.

Đồng nghĩa: acute

(phonetics) Voiced; sonant; lenis.

(rare)(phonetics, rare) Voiceless.

(Slavic, phonology) Palatalized.

(slang)Excessively empathetic or concerned about others’ wellbeing.

He’s too soft for the ruthless world of finance.

(slang)Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.

When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.

Đồng nghĩa: meek, mild, nesh, wimpy

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

You won't need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.

(UK, colloquial)Foolish.

Đồng nghĩa: daft, foolish, silly, stupid, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, daft, derpy, dim-headed, dim-witted, dopey, dull-headed, dull-witted, dumb, duncical, fatuous, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, gauvison, goofy, idiotic, idle, insipient, mookish, naive, silly, simple, slight, slow-witted, softheaded, soft in the head, sottish, stupid, thick, unsage, unwise, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded, crackpot, dense

(physics) Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)

(of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.

see: snowflake and softie

(UK)(UK, of a man) Effeminate.

Đồng nghĩa: epicene, fruity, swish, fem, feminine, femme, girlish, girly, ladyish, ladylike, maidenly, matronly, womanish, womanly, Of a man, camp, effeminate, epicene, fruity, soft, swish, unmanly, unmasculine

Agreeable to the senses.

a soft liniment

soft wines

(UK, dated, slang)Agreeable generally; pleasant.

Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.

soft colours

the soft outline of the snow-covered hill

(photography, of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.

Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.

The admin imposed a soft ban on the user.

Messages removed by soft deletion can be recovered if necessary.

(computing) Emulated with software; not physically real.

Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.

(of a drug) Not likely to cause addiction.

(of a drink) Not containing alcohol.

Easy-going, lenient, not strict; permissive.

soft on crime

Đồng nghĩa: easy, lax, soft-handed, clement, easygoing, forbearing, indulgent, lax, lenient, loose-handed, permissible, permissive, relaxed, remissful, safe, soft, soft-handed

(finance) Of a market: having more supply than demand; being a buyer's market.

(of pornography) Softcore

(of kinks or sexual activity) Mild, tame, moderate; far from intense or excluding harsh elements.

soft humiliation play

soft raceplay

soft vore

Đồng nghĩa: light

Of paper: unsized.

Of silk: having the natural gum cleaned or washed off.

Of coal: bituminous, as opposed to anthracitic.

Of weather: warm enough to melt ice; thawing.

(idiomatic, informal)(informal, idiomatic, followed by on) Attracted to or emotionally involved with someone.

(UK, slang)Fake; counterfeit.

(archaic)Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast.

(archaic, countable)A soft-headed or foolish person; an idiot.

(countable, uncountable)A soft drink.

(countable)(countable, motor racing) A tyre whose compound is softer than mediums, and harder than supersofts.

(colloquial, countable)A soft sound or part of a sound.

(countable, dated, nonstandard, rare)(countable, computing, dated, nonstandard, rare) A piece of software.

Sega and third-party licensees are set to release an abundance of softs that range from intense shooters to sports to reflex-testers.

(UK, obsolete, slang, uncountable)Banknotes.

(obsolete)Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly.