Softness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Softness \Soft"ness\, n. [AS. s?ftness, s?ftnyss.]
     The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to {hardness},
     and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.
     [1913 Webster] Soft-shell

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  softness
       n 1: the property of giving little resistance to pressure [ant: {hardness}]
       2: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
          [ant: {volume}]
       3: a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is
          not something permitted of good leaders"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  194 Moby Thesaurus words for "softness":
     acceptance, adynamia, airiness, anemia, ascent, atony,
     blah feeling, bloodlessness, bubbliness, buoyancy, cachexia,
     cachexy, carelessness, chicken-liveredness, chickenheartedness,
     clemency, clementness, commodiousness, compassion, convenience,
     cowardice, cowardliness, coziness, cullibility, cushioniness,
     daintiness, debilitation, debility, deceivability, decrescendo,
     delicacy, dimness, doughiness, down, downiness, dullness,
     dupability, easiness, easygoingness, ethereality, etiolation,
     faintheart, faintheartedness, faintness, fatigue, fear,
     feeblemindedness, feebleness, filminess, fine-grainedness,
     fineness, flabbiness, flaccidity, flatness, fleshiness,
     floatability, fluff, fluffiness, foaminess, fondness, forbearance,
     forbearing, forcelessness, friendliness, frothiness, fuzz,
     fuzziness, gentleness, gossameriness, greenness, gullibility,
     henheartedness, hoaxability, homelikeness, homeliness, homeyness,
     hospitality, humaneness, humanity, impotence, impotency,
     imprecision, impuissance, indifference, indistinctness, infirmity,
     ingenuousness, lack of weight, languishment, languor, lassitude,
     laxity, laxness, lenience, leniency, lenientness, lenity,
     levitation, levity, lightness, lily-liveredness, listlessness,
     looseness, loosening, lowness, luxuriousness, mashiness,
     mercifulness, mercy, mildness, milksopism, milksoppiness,
     milksoppishness, moderateness, mushiness, naiveness, naivete,
     naivety, negligence, overindulgence, overpermissiveness, pastel,
     pastel color, pastiness, patience, peace, peacefulness, peach fuzz,
     permissiveness, persuadability, pigeonheartedness, pithiness, pity,
     power vacuum, powerlessness, prostration, pubescence, pulpiness,
     pulpousness, refinement, relaxation, relaxedness, remissness,
     reposefulness, restfulness, roominess, satin, satininess,
     seduceability, silk, silkiness, simpleness, simplicity, slackness,
     sloppiness, sluggishness, smoothness, snugness, soft color,
     softheartedness, sponginess, squashiness, strengthlessness,
     subaudibility, subduedness, subtle color, succulence,
     tender feeling, tenderheartedness, tenderness, timidity, timidness,
     timorousness, tolerance, unclearness, unheaviness, unmanfulness,
     unmanliness, unrestraint, unsophistication, velvet, velvetiness,
     volatility, warm heart, warmheartedness, warmness, weak-mindedness,
     weakheartedness, weakliness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness,
     yeastiness, yellowness