Meaning & use
soften
To make or become less hard, severe, or intense.
See it in a sentence
Warm the butter to soften it before mixing it into the dough.
Her tone softened once she understood his side of the story.
A note on using this word
Soften applies to physical texture as well as figurative things like tone, stance, or emotional impact.
Words with a similar meaning
easemellow
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Words with an opposite meaning
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