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单词 soft-soaping
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soft-soap

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verb

ˈsȯf(t)-ˈsōp How to pronounce soft-soap (audio)
soft-soaped; soft-soaping; soft-soaps

transitive verb

: to soothe or persuade with flattery or blarney
soft-soaper
ˈsȯf(t)-ˌsō-pər How to pronounce soft-soap (audio)
noun

soft soap

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noun

1
: a semifluid soap made especially from potassium hydroxide
2
: flattery

Synonyms

Verb

  • blandish
  • blarney
  • cajole
  • coax
  • palaver
  • sweet-talk
  • wheedle

Noun

  • adulation
  • blarney
  • butter
  • flannel [British]
  • flattery
  • incense
  • overpraise
  • sweet talk
  • taffy
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Example Sentences

Noun a salesman who knows the value of soft soap in making a sale
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Founder and creative director Joy Cho’s lifestyle brand offers whimsical products, spanning bandages to soft soap, as well as regular editorial content online. Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021 For spills or stains, spot cleaning with soft soap like Zero or Woolite. Rachel Klein, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021 Founder and Creative Director Joy Cho’s lifestyle brand offers whimsical products, spanning Band-Aids to soft soap as well as regular editorial content online. Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021 Later, barber is seen crouching on his bed, holding lighted match under jam jar of water, soft soap and boot blacking. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 May 2020 Potassium hydroxide, on the other hand, produces an easily soluble soft soap. C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

Verb

1835, in the meaning defined above

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

soft soap

noun

: soap of a semifluid consistency made principally with potash and having various medical uses (as in the treatment of skin diseases)
specifically : green soap

soft-soaping

verb

present participle of soft-soap
1
as in coaxing
to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • coaxing
  • blandishing
  • cajoling
  • luring
  • seducing
  • wheedling
  • blarneying
  • enticing
  • urging
  • wooing
  • begging
  • buttering up
  • sweet-talking
  • palavering
  • massaging
  • charming
  • tempting
  • overpraising
  • flattering
  • importuning
  • juggling
  • beseeching
  • wangling
  • adulating
  • wiling
  • cozening
  • finagling
  • beguiling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • teasing
  • pestering
  • harassing
  • bugging
  • forcing
  • making
  • intimidating
  • compelling
  • nagging
  • bulldozing
  • bullying
  • obliging
  • demanding
  • constraining
  • requiring
  • coercing
  • cowing
  • browbeating
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as in honeying
to praise too much shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • honeying
  • buttering up
  • massaging
  • stroking
  • praising
  • belauding
  • commending
  • congratulating
  • flattering
  • blandishing
  • applauding
  • hero-worshiping
  • overpraising
  • puffing
  • adulating
  • coaxing
  • blarneying
  • hero-worshipping
  • wooing
  • fawning
  • cajoling
  • wheedling
  • kowtowing
  • complimenting
  • toadying
  • sucking (up to)
  • eulogizing
  • endearing
  • felicitating
  • extolling
  • worshiping
  • idolizing
  • romancing
  • sweet-talking
  • ingratiating
  • worshipping
  • slavering
  • lauding
  • courting
  • gushing
  • slobbering
  • drooling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • putting down
  • disparaging
  • depreciating
  • belittling
  • decrying
  • bad-mouthing
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