softness

softness is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
2. noun. a disposition to be lenient in judging others

   "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"

3. noun. the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

   "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"

   "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"

   Synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness

4. noun. the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

   Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness

5. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: gentleness, mildness

6. noun. the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
7. noun. a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare

   "the softness of the morning sky"

8. noun. a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency

   "and in softness almost beyond hearing"

9. noun. 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"

10. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: balminess

11. noun. poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

    Synonyms: unfitness

Synonyms

effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, gentleness, mildness, balminess, unfitness

Common word forms

softnesses

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