"soft-soap" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} soft-soap (uncountable)
  1. Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words. Tags: uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soft soap, softsoap

Verb

Forms: soft-soaps [present, singular, third-person], soft-soaping [participle, present], soft-soaped [participle, past], soft-soaped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} soft-soap (third-person singular simple present soft-soaps, present participle soft-soaping, simple past and past participle soft-soaped)
  1. To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up. Translations (to try to persuade by flattering): лаская (laskaja) (Bulgarian), подмазвам се (podmazvam se) (Bulgarian), llagotejar (Catalan), ensabonar (Catalan), mazat někomu med kolem huby (Czech), imarrella (Finnish), mairitella (Finnish), adulare (Italian), seboni (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-soft-soap-en-verb-F~vHfeca Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soft soap, softsoap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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