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Antonyms for soft shell
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : sawft-shel, soft- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔftˌʃɛl, ˈsɒft- |
- actual
- authentic
- cold
- cool
- cruel
- factual
- genuine
- hard
- harsh
- hateful
- honest
- impatient
- indifferent
- inhumane
- intolerant
- limiting
- malevolent
- mean
- merciless
- OK
- real
- restrictive
- rigorous
- severe
- sincere
- strict
- true
- truthful
- tyrannous
- uncaring
- uncontrolled
- unfeeling
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unsympathetic
- valid
- violent
- wild
Definition of soft shell
- As in lenient : adj permissive
- As in suppositious : adj counterfeit
- As in supposititious : adj counterfeit
- As in compassionate : adj having tender feelings
- As in counterfeit : adj fake, simulated
- As in forbearing : adj tolerant
- Chop fine two strings of soft shell clams after washing them.
- Extract from : « 365 Luncheon Dishes » by Anonymous
- In preparing these bodies, cover the block with a soft shell.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting » by John Thomson
- One species of turtle has a soft shell, another a hard shell; has your authority in natural history told you why this is so?
- Extract from : « Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. » by John Uri Lloyd
- She must have felt full ov fun, when she made a soft shell crab.
- Extract from : « Josh Billings on Ice » by Henry Wheeler Shaw
- The sputtering explosion of a soft shell on the bridge startled Wardwell.
- Extract from : « The Hills of Desire » by Richard Aumerle Maher
- The soft shell crab is caught just as the old shell is shed, and is highly esteemed as a delicacy.
- Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
- The soft shell crabs are served on a bed of water cress and radishes cut in fancy shapes.
- Extract from : « Breakfasts and Teas » by Paul Pierce
- The female lays a score of long eggs as large as a pigeon's, but with a soft shell.
- Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin
- Dere was no hard shell Baptist and no soft shell Methodist in deir make up.
- Extract from : « Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves » by Work Projects Administration
Synonyms for soft shell
- affected
- all heart
- allowing
- amiable
- assuaging
- assuasive
- assumed
- being big
- benevolent
- benign
- benignant
- bent
- bleeding heart
- bogus
- brummagem
- charitable
- clement
- commiserative
- compassionate
- complaisant
- compliant
- condoning
- considerate
- copied
- crock
- deceptive
- delusive
- delusory
- easy
- easygoing
- emollient
- ersatz
- excusing
- fake
- faked
- false
- favoring
- feigned
- fictitious
- fishy
- forbearing
- forged
- forgiving
- framed
- fraudulent
- gentle
- going easy on
- going easy with
- good-natured
- Hollywood
- humane
- humanitarian
- humoring
- imitation
- indulgent
- kind
- kindhearted
- kindly
- lenient
- letting
- live with
- living with
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- loving
- merciful
- mild
- misleading
- mock
- moderate
- mollycoddling
- not genuine
- not kosher
- obliging
- old softie
- pampering
- pardoning
- patient
- permitting
- phony
- pirate
- piteous
- pitying
- plant
- pretended
- pretentious
- pseudo
- put-on
- queer
- responsive
- sham
- snide
- soft
- soft shell
- soft-shell
- softhearted
- sparing
- spoiling
- spurious
- suppositious
- supposititious
- sympathetic
- tender
- tenderhearted
- thoughtful
- tolerant
- two-faced
- understanding
- warm
- warmhearted
- won't fly
- wrong
- yielding
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