softness

soft  (sôft, sft)

adj. soft·er, soft·est

1.

a. Easily molded, cut, or worked.

b. Yielding readily to pressure or weight.

2. Out of condition; flabby.

3. Smooth or fine to the touch: a soft fabric.

4.

a. Not loud, harsh, or irritating: a soft voice.

b. Not brilliant or glaring; subdued: soft colors.

5. Not sharply drawn or delineated: soft charcoal shading; a scene filmed in soft focus.

6. Mild; balmy: a soft breeze.

7.

a. Of a gentle disposition; tender.

b. Affectionate: a soft glance.

c. Attracted or emotionally involved: He has been soft on her for years.

d. Not stern; lenient.

e. Lacking strength of character; weak.

f. Informal Simple; feeble.

g. Gradually declining in trend; not firm: a soft economy; a soft computer market.

8.

a. Informal Easy: a soft job.

b. Based on conciliation or negotiation rather than on threats or power plays: took a soft line toward their opponents.

9. Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts: limited the discussion to soft topics.

10. Using or based on data that is not readily quantifiable or amenable to experimental verification or refutation: The lawyer downplayed the soft evidence.

11. Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle less acute than other possible routes: a soft right.

12. Of or relating to a paper currency as distinct from a hard currency backed by gold.

13. Having low dissolved mineral content.

14. Having a low or lower power of penetration: soft x-rays.

15. Linguistics

a. Sibilant rather than guttural, as c in certain and g in gem.

b. Voiced and weakly articulated: a soft consonant.

c. Palatalized, as certain consonants in Slavic languages.

16. Unprotected against nuclear attack: soft missile launching sites; a soft target.

n.

A soft object or part.

adv.

In a soft manner; gently.

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[Middle English, pleasant, calm, from Old English sfte.]

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softly adv.

softness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	softness - the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded consistency, eubstance, consistence, body - the property of holding together and retaining its shape; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" compressibility, squeezability, sponginess - the property of being able to occupy less space downiness, featheriness, fluffiness - a light softness flabbiness, flaccidity, limpness - a flabby softness mushiness, pulpiness - a mushy pulpy softness hardness - the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
	2.	softness - poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury) unfitness health problem, ill health, unhealthiness - a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain debility, feebleness, frailness, frailty, infirmity, valetudinarianism - the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"
	3.	softness - 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" balminess clemency, mildness - good weather with comfortable temperatures
	4.	softness - 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" economic condition - the condition of the economy
	5.	softness - a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency; "and in softness almost beyond hearing" sound property - an attribute of sound faintness - barely audible decrescendo, diminuendo - (music) a gradual decrease in loudness pianissimo, piano - (music) low loudness loudness, intensity, volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
	6.	softness - a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare; "the softness of the morning sky" visual property - an attribute of vision
	7.	softness - 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" gentleness, mildness personal manner, manner - a way of acting or behaving
	8.	softness - the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines blurriness, fuzziness, indistinctness, fogginess opaqueness, opacity - the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light dimness, faintness - the quality of being dim or lacking contrast vagueness - indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner" distinctness, sharpness - the quality of being sharp and clear
	9.	softness - 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" effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness femininity, muliebrity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women emasculation - loss of power and masculinity derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
	10.	softness - a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders" indulgence, lenience, leniency - a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone; "too much indulgence spoils a child"

Translations

softness [ˈsɔftnɪs] n → blandura; suavidad f

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softness [ˈsɔftnɪs] n → douceur f

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softness [ˈsɔftnɪs] soft n → Weichheit f;

(gentleness) → Sanftheit f

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softness [ˈsɔftnɪs] n → dolcezza; morbidezza