Soft - English meaning

adjective

Unable to see or be seen clearly.

Usage examples:

Blurred vision

verb

Make or become unclear or less distinct.

Usage examples:

Tears blurred her vision

adjective

Difficult to see

Usage examples:

The photograph was very blurred., the picture on the tv went all blurry., do you agree that male an…

adjective

Not clearly or distinctly visible or audible.

Usage examples:

Video projectors provided extremely blurry images

adjective

Difficult to see clearly; making it difficult for someone to see things clearly

Usage examples:

Using a tripod will help steady your camera and prevent blurry photos., she noticed that her vision…

adjective

Too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy.

Usage examples:

The shrub grows naturally in boggy ground

adjective

Stupid; very foolish.

Usage examples:

A brainless bimbo

adjective

Stupid or thoughtless

Usage examples:

That was a brainless thing to do!

adjective

(of weather) mild.

Usage examples:

It is a very clement day

verb

(of the sky) become overcast or gloomy.

Usage examples:

The blue skies clouded over abruptly

noun

A visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground.

Usage examples:

The sun had disappeared behind a cloud

noun

Used to refer to a state or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry.

Usage examples:

The only cloud on the immediate horizon is raising a mortgage

adjective

(of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.

Usage examples:

A very grey, cloudy day

adjective

Full of clouds

Usage examples:

A cloudy day

adjective

Mad, especially as manifested in wild or aggressive behaviour.

Usage examples:

Stella went crazy and assaulted a visitor

adverb

Extremely.

Usage examples:

I've been crazy busy

noun

A mad person.

Usage examples:

Keep that crazy away from me

adjective

(of a light, colour, or illuminated object) not shining brightly or clearly.

Usage examples:

The dim glow of the fire

verb

Make or become less bright or distinct.

Usage examples:

A smoky inferno that dimmed the sun

abbreviation

Diminuendo.

adjective

(of food) having a thick, malleable consistency.

Usage examples:

Doughy white bread

adjective

Soft, thick, and sticky, like dough

adjective

Relaxed and not easily upset or worried

Usage examples:

An easy-going attitude/manner, a friendly, easy-going type of guy

adjective

(of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after being stretched or compressed.

Usage examples:

A tourniquet of rubber tubing or other elastic material is placed around the upper arm

noun

Cord, tape, or fabric, woven with strips of rubber, which returns to its original length or shape after being stretched.

Usage examples:

A polythene bag tied with elastic

adjective

(of a material) able to stretch and be returned to its original shape or size

Usage examples:

She bunched her ponytail and slipped on an elastic hair band., our plans are still very elastic.

adjective

Silly, stupid, or not having good judgment

adjective

(of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.

Usage examples:

The faint murmur of voices

verb

Lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.

Usage examples:

I fainted from loss of blood

noun

A sudden loss of consciousness.

Usage examples:

She hit the floor in a dead faint

adjective

Without an ordinary level of intelligence, or unable to act or think in an intelligent way

adjective

Full of or characterized by fog.

Usage examples:

A dark and foggy night

adjective

With fog

Usage examples:

A cold, foggy day, side effects include headaches, nausea, weakness, and foggy thinking., i get fog…

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Patient and restrained.

Usage examples:

He proved to be remarkably forbearing whenever i was impatient or angry

verb

Politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain.

Usage examples:

He modestly forbears to include his own work

adjective

Patient and forgiving

Usage examples:

The minister praised what he called her "kind and forbearing nature".

adjective

Ready and willing to forgive.

Usage examples:

Taylor was in a forgiving mood

verb

Stop feeling angry or resentful towards (someone) for an offence, flaw, or mistake.

Usage examples:

I'll never forgive david for the way he treated her

adjective

Having a frizzy texture or appearance.

Usage examples:

Fuzzy fake-fur throw pillows

adjective

Not clear or not easily heard, seen, or understood

Usage examples:

Is the picture always fuzzy on your tv?, the basic facts of the story are starting to emerge though…

adjective

Showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.

Usage examples:

A generous benefactor to the university

adjective

Willing to give and share unstintingly

adjective

(of someone) willing to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected, or (of something) larger than usual or expected

Usage examples:

A generous donor, food in generous portions, please give generously to those in need.

adjective

Having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy.

Usage examples:

Luke felt almost giddy with relief

verb

Make (someone) feel excited to the point of disorientation.

Usage examples:

You should just sit back and enjoy it, but i feel slightly giddied by it.

adjective

Having a slight feeling of spinning around or being unable to balance; slightly dizzy

Usage examples:

When she got off the roller coaster, she felt giddy and lightheaded.

adjective

Thick or sticky

Usage examples:

The pies had an unpleasantly gloopy texture., add a banana to make the smoothies lovely and gloopy.

adjective

Soft and sticky.

Usage examples:

A gooey chocolate dessert

adjective

(of a substance) thick and sticky

Usage examples:

A gooey dessert

adjective

Stupid

Usage examples:

A half-witted remark

adjective

Covered by a haze.

Usage examples:

It was a beautiful day but quite hazy

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Not clearly explained, described, or shown

Usage examples:

When your project's goals are ill-defined, it can be impossible to plan the necessary steps to achi…

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

No matter what you call the mentally deficient, that term will come to be an insult when applied to…

adjective

Stupid; idiotic.

Usage examples:

Try not to make imbecile remarks

noun

A stupid person

adjective

Extremely stupid

Usage examples:

That was an imbecilic thing to do!, she looked at me with an imbecilic grin.

adjective

Lacking sense or meaning; silly.

Usage examples:

Don't badger people with inane questions

adjective

Extremely silly or lacking real meaning or importance

Usage examples:

There are so many inane programs on television!

adjective

Having or indicating a readiness or over-readiness to be generous to or lenient with someone.

Usage examples:

Indulgent parents

adjective

Allowing someone to have or do what they want, especially when this is not good for them

Usage examples:

Indulgent relatives, an indulgent smile, he had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards h…

adjective

Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.

Usage examples:

Lax security arrangements at the airport

noun

Lacrosse.

Usage examples:

I wore pads and a helmet whenever i played lax

adjective

Lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough

Usage examples:

Security at the airport seemed lax., laxity in enforcing safety regulations can cost lives.

adjective

(of a punishment or person in authority) more merciful or tolerant than expected.

Usage examples:

In the view of the court the sentence was too lenient

adjective

Not as severe or strong in punishment or judgment as would be expected

Usage examples:

Some felt that five years in prison was lenient, considering the suffering he had caused., the defe…

adjective

Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.

Usage examples:

They have liberal views on divorce

noun

A supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.

Usage examples:

Are we dealing with a polarization between liberals and conservatives?

adjective

Allowing many different types of beliefs or behavior

Usage examples:

A liberal society/person, a liberal policy/position, some merchants offer very liberal return polic…

adjective

Mad or silly.

Usage examples:

A loopy grin

adjective

Strange, unusual, or silly

Usage examples:

He must have gone completely loopy to give up a job like that.

adjective

Of less than average height from top to bottom or to the top from the ground.

Usage examples:

The school is a long, low building

noun

A low point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

His popularity ratings are at an all-time low

adverb

In or into a low position or state.

Usage examples:

She pressed on, bent low to protect her face

adjective

Characteristic of or resembling a marsh; waterlogged.

Usage examples:

The marshy ground towards the sea

adjective

A marshy area of land is always wet, like a marsh

Usage examples:

This area was very marshy before the drainage system was installed.

adjective

(especially of a sound, flavour, or colour) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.

Usage examples:

She was hypnotized by the mellow tone of his voice

verb

Make or become mellow.

Usage examples:

Even a warm sun could not mellow the north sea breeze

adjective

Pleasing because of being smooth, soft, or well developed and not too sharp, bright, new, or rough

Usage examples:

A mellow flavor/tone, he looks mellow on stage, but he’s always tense before the show., [ i ] the b…

adjective

Acting or done without justification and with no concern for the consequences.

Usage examples:

A generation of mindless vandals

adjective

Not reasonable or understandable

Usage examples:

People waste a lot of time doing mindless things.

adjective

Very muddy or boggy.

Usage examples:

The roads were miry in winter

adjective

Consisting of deep, wet, sticky earth that is difficult to move through

Usage examples:

The meadows between the village and the churchyard were wet and miry., the road was so miry that th…

adjective

Full of, covered with, or accompanied by mist.

Usage examples:

The evening was cold and misty

adjective

Slightly wet

Usage examples:

His eyes grew misty as he remembered her.

adjective

Soft and pulpy.

Usage examples:

Mushy vegetables

adjective

(of a sound or voice) quiet and soft.

Usage examples:

The muted hum of the distant traffic

verb

Deaden, muffle, or soften the sound of.

Usage examples:

Her footsteps were muted by the thick carpet

adjective

Not loud, or not enthusiastic

Usage examples:

Her reaction was muted.

adjective

In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.

Usage examples:

A giant nebulous glow

adjective

(esp. of ideas) unclear and lacking form; vague

Usage examples:

A nebulous concept

adjective

Thick, soft, and sticky

Usage examples:

It's a delicious but very oozy cheese that starts to spread out almost as soon as you remove the wr…

adjective

Light in colour or shade; containing little colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Choose pale floral patterns for walls

verb

Become pale in one's face from shock or fear.

Usage examples:

I paled at the thought of what she might say

noun

A wooden stake or post used with others to form a fence.

Usage examples:

Get creative with a picket fence and have diagonal pales nailed to the horizontal boards.

noun

A child's word for father.

Usage examples:

Pappy was always busy

adjective

Of the nature or consistency of pap.

Usage examples:

Pappy desserts

adjective

Pappy food is unpleasantly soft or contains too much water

Usage examples:

Pappy pasta, it's just another pappy novel.

noun

A crayon made of powdered pigments bound with gum or resin.

Usage examples:

Future issues will demonstrate work with pastels and marker pens

adjective

Of a soft and delicate shade of colour.

Usage examples:

Pastel blue curtains

adjective

(of colors) pale and soft

adjective

Allowing or characterized by great or excessive freedom of behaviour.

Usage examples:

A permissive parent

adjective

Easily bent; flexible.

Usage examples:

Quality leather is pliable and will not crack

adjective

Easily bent.

Usage examples:

Pliant willow stems

adjective

Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people

Usage examples:

I don't think it's a good thing for children to be too pliant., the management has adopted a more p…

adjective

Of the nature of or consisting of pulp; resembling pulp; pulpy.

adjective

Resembling or consisting of pulp; mushy.

Usage examples:

Simmer gently until the fruit is very soft and pulpy

adjective

Feeling or looking like a soft wet mass, often with fibres (= thin threads) in it

Usage examples:

He pounded the roots and stems into a pulpy mush., the brown pulpy residue is about half wood fibre…

adjective

Characterized by reserve or moderation; unemotional or dispassionate.

Usage examples:

His restrained, gentlemanly voice

verb

Prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits.

Usage examples:

The need to restrain public expenditure

abbreviation

Second(s).

contraction

Is.

Usage examples:

It's raining

prefix

(used chiefly in oaths) god's.

Usage examples:

'sblood

adjective

(of a person) disorganized and lacking in concentration.

Usage examples:

A scatterbrained blonde

verb

Screen from direct light.

Usage examples:

She shaded her eyes against the sun

noun

Comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the shade

noun

A colour, especially with regard to how light or dark it is or as distinguished from one nearly like it.

Usage examples:

Various shades of blue

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

Usage examples:

A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Careless and unsystematic; excessively casual.

Usage examples:

We gave away a goal through sloppy defending

adjective

Messy or lacking care or attention

Usage examples:

Sloppy clothes, a sloppy administrator, sloppy weather, her grandchildren nearly smothered her with…

adjective

Very wet or liquid, often in a way that is unpleasant

Usage examples:

The batter was a bit sloppy so i added some more flour., she covered his face with sloppy kisses.

adjective

Not clever and therefore slow to notice or understand things

adjective

Resembling, consisting of, or covered with slush.

Usage examples:

Slushy snow

noun

A partially frozen drink made with crushed ice and sweet, typically fruit-flavoured syrup.

Usage examples:

Grape slushies

adjective

Slushy snow is partly melted.

Usage examples:

A slushy romantic novel

adjective

Kind and willing to help other people

adjective

Springing back quickly when squeezed or stretched; elastic.

Usage examples:

The springy turf

adjective

Returning quickly to the usual shape, after being pulled, pushed, crushed, etc.

Usage examples:

The turf feels very springy underfoot.

adjective

Easily crushed or squeezed into a different shape; having a soft consistency.

Usage examples:

A big, squashy leather chair

adjective

Soft and easy to crush

Usage examples:

I've bought some squashy pillows for the couch.

adjective

Making a sucking sound like the one produced when you are walking on soft, wet ground

Usage examples:

The ground was soft and squelchy when she got out of the car., they mountain-biked through squelchy…

adjective

Soft, spongy, and moist.

Usage examples:

A squidgy cream cake

adjective

Soft and wet and changing shape easily when pressed

Usage examples:

Bread which has just come out of the oven is often still squidgy in the middle.

adjective

Soft and moist.

Usage examples:

The bananas will turn soft and squishy

adjective

Soft and easily crushed or shaped

Usage examples:

Squishy white bread

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

(of a person or their manner) quiet and rather reflective or depressed.

Usage examples:

I felt strangely subdued as i drove home

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

adjective

(of color or light) not very bright, or (of sound) not very loud

Usage examples:

A subdued voice, a subdued chalk-stripe suit, most of the fans were subdued, quietly waiting for th…

adjective

(especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe.

Usage examples:

His language expresses rich and subtle meanings

adjective

Not loud, bright, noticeable, or obvious

Usage examples:

Subtle flavors, a subtle shade of pink, the subtle nuances of english pronunciation are hard to mas…

adjective

Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

Usage examples:

Her supple fingers

verb

Make more flexible.

Usage examples:

I was also able to concentrate on bending and suppling him laterally.

adjective

Bending or able to be bent easily; not stiff

Usage examples:

His supple fingers manipulated the needle with the utmost delicacy., fig. adams brings a supple (= …

adjective

Characteristic of or resembling a swamp.

Usage examples:

A swampy area

adjective

Swampy land is soft and very wet.

adjective

Very kind and showing a lot of sympathy

adjective

Showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with.

Usage examples:

We must be tolerant of others

adjective

Having the ability to bear something unpleasant or annoying, or to keep going despite difficulties

Usage examples:

Some grasses are very tolerant of drought., working with young people helps me be a little more tol…

adjective

Presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way.

Usage examples:

Understated elegance

verb

Describe or represent (something) as being smaller or less good or important than it really is.

Usage examples:

The press have understated the extent of the problem

adjective

Not intended to be obvious

Usage examples:

The apartment was luxurious but furnished in a tastefully understated way.

adjective

Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.

Usage examples:

Many patients suffer vague symptoms

adjective

Not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt

Usage examples:

She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong., i have only a vague memory of the …

adjective

Wearing or covered by a veil.

Usage examples:

A veiled woman

verb

Cover with a veil.

Usage examples:

She veiled her face

adjective

Showing no determination, or stupid

adjective

Foolish; stupid.

Usage examples:

A witless retort

adjective

Stupid or showing no intelligence

Usage examples:

In the book, anna is forced to take care of her witless cousin., she was scared witless of robert, …