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— English words —

• soften␣up v. To make softer.
• soften␣up v. (By extension, idiomatic) To appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.
• soften␣up v. To become less committed to something.

— English words, defined in French —

• soften␣up v. Attendrir, ramollir.
• soften␣up v. (Sens figuré) Attendrir.

19 English words from 3 English definitions

appease become By␣extension committed extension idea idiomatic in␣order in␣order␣to less make more order proposal receptive softer someone something them

1 English word from 2 foreign definitions

Sens

4 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Attendrir figuré ramollir Sens␣figuré

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

soften␣up␣the␣ground

12 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

FTE nup N-up oft OFT often SOF soft -soft soften ten TEN

14 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETF fos FOs -fos fos- F/Os -fos- net Net NET .NET pun Pun Pune

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

funposted funposter softens␣up

4 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

funpost set␣upon UFO␣nest Upstone

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

softens␣up

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