Antonyms for softened

Grammar : Verb

Spell : saw-fuhn, sof-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔ fən, ˈsɒf ən

Definition of softened

Origin : late 14c., "to mitigate, diminish" (transitive), from soft (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "to make physically soft" is from 1520s; intransitive sense of "to become softer" is attested from 1610s. Soften up in military sense of "weaken defenses" is from 1940. Related: Softened; softening.

verb calm, soothe

Example sentences :

"Not now," said Mr Clayton, softened by my returning warmth.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

Then, abruptly, the blue eyes were softened in their fires, as by the sudden nearness of tears.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Along the eastern front of these nations it was softened to "Zowie!"
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

But that night, all at once, she felt her heart was softened by some inexplicable happiness.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

He was almost completely enveloped in a robe of softened skins.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

But you must hear the truth; you have heard it from others, but perhaps they softened it.
Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

He gave me a hundred other very good, wise reasons which softened me.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

In those few months my mind had matured and the brusqueness of my will was softened.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Through the sheen a softened outline of the town wavered fantastically.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Turl watched her face, with a softened, wistful, perplexed look on his own.
Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens

Synonyms for softened

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