Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: versag
- Amharic: soften
- Arabic: تنعيم
- Azerbaijani: размякнуть
- Bashkir: размякать
- Belarusian: размякнуть
- Bulgarian: размякнуть
- Bengali: গলা
- Bosnian: ublažim
- Catalan: estovar
- Cebuano: pagpahumok
- Czech: změkčit
- Welsh: meddalu
- Danish: blødgøre
- German: erweichen
- Greek: μαλακώστε
- Esperanto: moligi
- Spanish: suavizar
- Estonian: pehmendavad
- Basque: bigundu
- Persian: نرم
- Finnish: pehmentää
- French: ramollir
- Irish: laghdaíonn
- Scottish Gaelic: soften
- Galician: amolecer
- Gujarati: સોફ્ટ
- Hebrew: לרכך
- Hindi: नरम
- Croatian: размякнуть
- Haitian: adousi
- Hungarian: tompítsa
- Armenian: размякнуть
- Indonesian: melembutkan
- Icelandic: mýkja
- Italian: ammorbidire
- Japanese: 柔らかくな
- Javanese: soften
- Georgian: არბილებს
- Kazakh: размякнуть
- Khmer: ព្រិលស
- Kannada: ಮೃದುಗೊಳಿಸುವ
- Korean: 부드럽게
- Kyrgyz: размякнуть
- Latin: mollire
- Luxembourgish: erweichen
- Lao: ບັນເທົາ
- Lithuanian: minkština
- Latvian: mīkstina
- Malagasy: nanalefaka
- Mari: улнаш
- Maori: fakamolū
- Macedonian: омекне
- Malayalam: വിനീതമാവുകയും
- Mongolian: зөөлрүүлэх
- Marathi: मऊ
- Hill Mari: ньымырташ
- Malay: melembutkan
- Maltese: irattab
- Burmese: ပျော့ပြောင်း
- Nepali: नरम
- Dutch: verzachten
- Norwegian: mykne
- Punjabi: ਨਰਮ
- Papiamento: suave
- Polish: łagodzić
- Portuguese: suavizar
- Romanian: se înmoaie
- Russian: размякнуть
- Sinhalese: මෘදු
- Slovak: zmäkčiť
- Slovenian: mehčanje
- Albanian: për të zbutur
- Serbian: размякнуть
- Sundanese: soften
- Swedish: mjuka
- Swahili: kupunguza makali
- Tamil: மென்மையாக
- Telugu: దోచుకునేవాడు
- Tajik: размякнуть
- Thai: อ่อนนุ่ม
- Tagalog: lumambot
- Turkish: yumuşatmak
- Tatar: размякнуть
- Udmurt: кисыратэк
- Ukrainian: розм'якнути
- Urdu: نرم
- Uzbek: yumshatish
- Vietnamese: làm mềm
- Xhosa: kuzithambisa
- Yiddish: פאַרווייכערן
- Chinese: 软化
Synonyms, close and similar words for soften
- mitigate
- palliate
- weaken
- extenuate
- relax
- attenuate
- debilitate
- break
- mollify
- alleviate
- lighten
- soothe
- sweeten
- relent
- mellow
- temper
- ease
- moderate
- buffer
- assuage
- allay
- tone down
- mince
- smooth
- macerate
- cushion
- gentle