คำว่า ' soften ' ( VI )
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คำที่คล้ายกัน : dissolve; lessen; diminish
คำตรงกันข้าม : stiffen; solidify
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[v. t.] To make soft or more soft.
[v. t.] To render less hard; -- said of matter.
[v. t.] To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
[v. t.] To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
[v. t.] To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
[v. t.] To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
[v. t.] To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
[v. t.] To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
[v. t.] To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
[v. i.] To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.