Definitions for softs

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softs soft

Spelling: [sawft, soft]

IPA: /sɔft, sɒft/

Softs is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 31 anagrams from letters in softs (fosst).

Definitions for softs

noun

1. something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
2. softness.

Idioms

1. be soft on someone, Informal. to be amorously inclined toward a person; have an affection for:

adverb

1. in a soft manner.

adjective

1. yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff:
2. relatively deficient in hardness, as metal or wood.
3. smooth and agreeable to the touch; not rough or coarse:
4. producing agreeable sensations; pleasant or comfortable:
5. low or subdued in sound; gentle and melodious:
6. not harsh or unpleasant to the eye; not glaring:
7. not hard or sharp:
8. gentle or mild:
9. genial or balmy, as climate or air.
10. gentle, mild, warm-hearted, or compassionate:
11. smooth, soothing, or ingratiating:
12. not harsh or severe, as a penalty or demand.
13. responsive or sympathetic to the feelings, emotions, needs, etc., of others; tender-hearted.
14. sentimental or flowery, as language:
15. not strong or robust; delicate; incapable of great endurance or exertion:
16. Informal. easy; involving little effort; not difficult, laborious, trying, or severe:
17. Informal. easily influenced or swayed; easily imposed upon; impressionable.
18. lenient, permissive, or conciliatory, especially regarding something that is conceived of as dangerous or threatening:
19. (of water) relatively free from mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
20. (of paper money or a monetary system) not supported by sufficient gold reserves or not easily convertible into a foreign currency.
21. (of a market, market condition, or prices) declining in value, volume, profitability, etc.; weak: Compare firm1 (def 7).
22. (of money) plentiful or available at low interest rates or on easy terms:
23. soft-core.
24. Metallurgy. (of a metal) easily magnetized and demagnetized. (of solder) fusing readily. (of a metal or alloy) fully annealed, so as to provide minimum mechanical hardness.
25. Photography. (of a photographic image) having delicate gradations of tone. (of a focus) lacking in sharpness. (of a lens) unable to be focused sharply.
26. Phonetics. (of consonants) lenis, especially lenis and voiced. (of c and g) pronounced as in cent and gem. (of consonants in Slavic languages) palatalized. Compare hard (def 38).
27. Military. (of a missile-launching base) aboveground and relatively unprotected from enemy attack.
28. Aerospace. (of a landing of a space vehicle) gentle; not harmful to the vehicle or its contents:
29. Physics. (of a beam of particles or electromagnetic radiation) having relatively low energy: Compare hard (def 40).
30. (of a delegate, voter, etc.) not committed to any one candidate.
31. foolish or stupid:
32. (of a detergent) readily biodegradable.

interjection

1. be quiet! hush!
2. not so fast! stop!

Origin of softs

before 1000; Middle English softe yielding, gentle, mild, Old English sōfte agreeable; cognate with German sanft

Examples for softs

This world has more hards than softs for the average mortal and I never flattered myself on bein' above the average.

I congratulate you on the rich black eye which one of the softs, half your size, has given you.