English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of soften

soften

/verb/ कोमल बनाना; विनम्र करना; नरम होना; मुलायम करना; मुलायम होना; मंद करना; धीमा करना; कम करना; हलका करना

Synonym moderate; malaxate; slacken; decelerate; reduce; ease up; disburden; soothe;

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English Dictionary:

1. Soften

[v. i.]

- To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.

2. Soften

[v. t.]

- To make soft or more soft.
- To render less hard; -- said of matter.
- To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
- To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
- To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
- To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
- To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
- To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
- To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.