Synonyms: softness
Definition: a disposition to be lenient in judging others
Usage: softness is not something permitted of good leaders
Similar words: lenience, leniency, indulgence
Definition: a disposition to yield to the wishes of someone
Usage: too much indulgence spoils a child
Synonyms: effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness
Definition: the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Usage: the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy; Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness; he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him
Similar words: muliebrity, femininity
Definition: the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women
Synonyms: blurriness, softness, indistinctness, fogginess, fuzziness
Definition: the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines
Similar words: opacity, opaqueness
Definition: the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
Synonyms: gentleness, softness, mildness
Definition: acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered
Usage: his fingers have learned gentleness; suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby; even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough
Similar words: personal manner, manner
Definition: a way of acting or behaving
Synonyms: softness
Definition: the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
Similar words: eubstance, consistence, consistency, body
Definition: the property of holding together and retaining its shape
Usage: wool has more body than rayon; when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
Synonyms: softness
Definition: a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare
Usage: the softness of the morning sky
Similar words: visual property
Definition: an attribute of vision
Synonyms: softness
Definition: a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency
Usage: and in softness almost beyond hearing
Similar words: sound property
Definition: an attribute of sound
Synonyms: softness
Definition: a state of declining economic condition
Usage: orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness; he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy
Similar words: economic condition
Definition: the condition of the economy
Definition: the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing
Usage: the day's heat faded into balminess; the climate had the softness of the south of France
Definition: poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)
Similar words: unhealthiness, health problem, ill health
Definition: a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain