Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic, informal)To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.

    persuade someone through flattery

Translations

2 languages

Forms

soft-soaps, soft-soaping, soft-soaped, soft-soaped
Base formsoft-soap · to soft-soap
3rd person singularsoft-soaps
Present participlesoft-soaping
Past simplesoft-soaped
Past participlesoft-soaped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysoft-soap
he, she, itsoft-soaps

Past simpleLesson

all personssoft-soaped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave soft-soaped
he, she, ithas soft-soaped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill soft-soap

Synonyms

28 synonyms
coaxC2soapA2strokeB2twistB1wordA1cajoleinveiglewheedleblandanderblandishbutter upsweetenfast-talkcanoodle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
softA2softballsoftensoftenersoftlyA2
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