Words and phrases that have a meaning related to softening: (136 results)
Often used in the same context:
weakening, slackening, hardening, softness, tightening, firming, slowdown, deterioration, slowing, weakness, easing, toughening, loosening, stabilizing, moderating, decline, weaker, dampening, upturn, deceleration, strengthening, downturn, worsening, souring, buoyant, rockiness, mellowing, stiffening, falloff, lessening, deteriorating, slippage, plateauing, tempering, oversupply, muted, eroding, diminishing, upswing, thawing, uptick, dovishness, bottoming, conciliatory, ratcheting, decrease, sluggishness, flattening, brightening, contraction, rising, gradual, erosion, tepid, steepening, liberalizing, strong, ebbing, recessionary, shifting, slight, harsher, increases, diminution, normalizing, perking, buoying, downward, fissuring, shrinkage, wane, hawkish, abating, retrenching, shrinking, cyclical, darkening, sagging, diverging, pullback, crimped, decine, reductions, broadening, bolstering, brisker, flexing, repositioning, intensification, flattish, change, milder, shrivelling, improvement, favorable, overinflation, tighter, quickening, downslide, improving, unfavourable, reversal, elongation, loss, widening, blurring, distortion, liquefaction, reddening, blackening, yielding, blanching
More specific:
maceration
Appears in the definition of:
coldcream, cold cream, creeps, demulcent, emollient, face cream, keratomalacia, maceration, malacia, osteomalacia, salving, shaving cream, shaving soap, soft glass, thermoplastic, vanishing cream, weld, welding
More general:
action, activity, natural action, natural process
Synonyms:
Also try:soft
— Adjectives for softening: cerebral, red, gradual, slight, inflammatory, white, general, cyclic, acute, thermal, water, more...
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