Synonyms for soften

Some common synonyms of soften are: soften [v. a.] 1. Intenerate, melt, touch, make tender, make soft. 2. Assuage, appease, mitigate, balm, moderate, alleviate, soothe, mollify, quiet, calm, still, quell, allay, relieve, ease, abate, temper, qualify, attemper, dull, lessen, blunt, make easy. 3. Palliate, lessen, qualify, modify, varnish, extenuate. 4. Enervate, weaken, make effeminate. 5. Refine, beautify. 6. Mollify, intenerate. 7. Qualify, modify.