Synonyms for soft-soap
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sawft-sohp, soft- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔftˈsoʊp, ˈsɒft- |
Top 10 synonyms for soft-soap Other synonyms for the word soft-soap
- abet
- actuate
- adulate
- adulation
- advance
- affect
- allure
- alter
- applause
- apple polish
- apple-polish
- approbation
- argue into
- arm-twist
- banter
- barter
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- beg
- beg for mercy
- beguile
- beslaver
- bill
- billboard
- blandish
- blandishment
- blarney
- boost
- bootlick
- bootlicking
- bow and scrape
- break promise
- bring around
- bring pressure to bear
- brown-nose
- brownnose
- BS
- build up
- bull
- bulldoze
- butter up
- cajole
- cajolery
- cater to
- change
- charm
- come on
- commendation
- con
- concoct
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- crowd
- decoy
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- draw
- draw in
- drum
- dupe
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- effect
- encomium
- entice
- entrap
- equivocate
- eulogy
- exaggerate
- exert influence
- eyewash
- fabricate
- fake
- fall all over
- falsify
- fawn
- fawning
- fib
- finagle
- flatter
- flattering
- flattery
- fluid soap
- flummery
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- fulsomeness
- further
- gallantry
- generate
- get
- get around
- get next to
- get up
- give rise to
- glorify
- go back on
- goose
- gratification
- grovel
- hand a line
- hard sell
- high pressure
- hokum
- honey
- honeyed words
- hook
- humble oneself
- humor
- hype
- impel
- implore
- importune
- incense
- incite
- induce
- influence
- ingratiation
- instigate
- inveigle
- invent
- jawbone
- jive
- jolly
- kiss one's feet
- kneel
- kowtow
- laud
- lay it on
- lay it on thick
- lead to
- lure
- make
- make a pitch for
- make believe
- make much of
- make up to
- malign
- maneuver
- massage
- misguide
- misinform
- misinstruct
- mislead
- misrepresent
- misspeak
- misstate
- modify
- motivate
- move
- mush
- obsequiousness
- occasion
- oil
- overdraw
- overpraise
- palaver
- palter
- pamper
- perjure
- persuade
- pervert
- pester
- phony
- pitch
- plague
- plant
- plaudits
- play up to
- plug
- politick
- praise
- press
- pressure
- pretty speech
- prevail upon
- prevaricate
- procure
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- prostrate
- puffery
- pull strings
- push
- put on
- put pressure on
- put up a front
- request
- revere
- rope in
- rub the right way
- salve
- seduce
- sell
- sell on
- sell one on
- semifluid soap
- servility
- set in motion
- slaver
- smoke
- snivel
- snow
- snow job
- soap
- soft words
- soft-sell
- soft-soap
- soften
- soften up
- solicit
- solicit votes
- soothe
- splash
- spot
- spread it on
- squeeze
- steamroll
- stoop
- string along
- stroke
- suck in
- suck up to
- sway
- sweet talk
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- sycophancy
- talk into
- tantalize
- tease
- tempt
- thump
- toady
- toadyism
- tribute
- truckle
- truckling
- twist one's arm
- unctuousness
- urge
- victimize
- wangle
- wheedle
- win over
- work on
- work over
- worm
- yes
Définition of soft-soap
Origin :- 1630s, from soft (adj.) + soap (n.). Figurative sense "flattery" is recorded from 1830.
- As in soft soap : noun liquid soap
- As in flattery : noun false praise, compliments
- As in induce : verb cause to happen; encourage
- As in lie : verb tell an untruth
- As in lobby : verb press for political action
- As in wheedle : verb talk into
- As in cajole : verb attempt to coax; flatter
- As in sweet-talk : verb flatter
- As in sweet-talk : verb coax
- As in coax : verb persuade
- As in flatter : verb compliment excessively
- As in grovel : verb abase, demean oneself
- And takes by the nose and belathers, with soft-soap, tremendously.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 16, 1893 » by Various
- Now hes trying to soft-soap the hermit into letting him have a hunt for it.
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
- Do you think you can soft-soap me as easy as you did the boys?
- Extract from : « Friar Tuck » by Robert Alexander Wason
- After all, soft-soap has its virtues; it is just the thing for the aged!
- Extract from : « The Champagne Standard » by Mrs. John Lane
- We clamour for soft-soap; we demand it at the point of the bayonet.
- Extract from : « The Champagne Standard » by Mrs. John Lane
- If that there Judson's son had spilled this soft-soap, I could get it; you might expect it from he and his class.
- Extract from : « Mountain » by Clement Wood
- Sound-softener, thet runs off yer tongue slick as soft-soap.
- Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 » by Various
- After standing two days, wash him clean with soft-soap and water.
- Extract from : « The Mule » by Harvey Riley
- There was the pail, safe hidden behind the soft-soap barrel.
- Extract from : « The Desert and The Sown » by Mary Hallock Foote
- Hearths and jambs, of brick, look best painted over with blacklead, mixed with soft-soap.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Domestic Economy » by Catherine Esther Beecher
Antonyms for soft-soap
- allow
- answer
- be honest
- be upright
- belittle
- belittlement
- blame
- boast
- bully
- castigate
- castigation
- condemn
- condemnation
- continue
- criticism
- criticize
- decrease
- delay
- denounce
- denunciation
- destroy
- deter
- discourage
- disenchant
- disgust
- dissuade
- fail
- force
- halt
- hinder
- ignore
- impede
- insult
- irritate
- keep
- kill
- leave alone
- lose
- mismatch
- not care
- offend
- offense
- please
- prevent
- pull
- remain
- repel
- repress
- repulse
- stand
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- suppress
- tell truth
- turn off
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