soft
adjective (NOT HARD) /sɒft/
/sɑːft/ Definition
A2 not hard or firm: soft ground a soft pillow/mattress soft cheese I like chocolates with soft centres. Soft tissue, such as flesh, allows X-rays through.Soft and fluffy A2 describes things, especially parts of the body, that are not hard or rough and feel pleasant and smooth when touched: soft lips/cheeks/skin/hair soft leatherSoft and fluffy › informal disapproving Someone who is soft is not very healthy and strong: Look at you! You need more exercise. You're going/getting soft.Weakness and vulnerability softness /ˈsɒft.nəs/
/ˈsɑːft-/ noun [U]
/ˈsɑːft-/ noun [U] (Definition of soft adjective (NOT HARD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faintness noun (NOT CLEAR)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- unsteady adjective
- wraith noun
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