Antonyms for softnesssoft·ness

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1. softnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   hardness

2. softnessnoun

   Antonyms:
   hardness

Matched Categories

1. • Consistency
   • Economic Condition
   • Femininity
   • Ill Health
   • Lenience
   • Manner
   • Opacity
   • Sound Property
   • Visual Property

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. softnessnoun

   the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded

   Antonyms:
   intensity, sharpness, loudness, volume, hardness, distinctness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildness

2. unfitness, softnessnoun

   poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

   Antonyms:
   volume, distinctness, loudness, sharpness, intensity, hardness

   Synonyms:
   fuzziness, gentleness, mildness, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, inability, womanishness, unmanliness, unfitness

3. balminess, softnessnoun

   the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing

   "the day's heat faded into balminess"; "the climate had the softness of the south of France"

   Antonyms:
   intensity, loudness, hardness, sharpness, volume, distinctness

   Synonyms:
   fuzziness, gentleness, mildness, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unmanliness, unfitness

4. softnessnoun

   a state of declining economic condition

   "orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness"; "he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy"

   Antonyms:
   volume, sharpness, hardness, intensity, loudness, distinctness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildness

5. softnessnoun

   a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency

   "and in softness almost beyond hearing"

   Antonyms:
   intensity, loudness, sharpness, hardness, volume, distinctness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildness

6. softnessnoun

   a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare

   "the softness of the morning sky"

   Antonyms:
   distinctness, hardness, sharpness, volume, intensity, loudness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildness

7. gentleness, softness, mildnessnoun

   acting in a manner that is gentle and mild and even-tempered

   "his fingers have learned gentleness"; "suddenly her gigantic power melted into softness for the baby"; "even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough"

   Antonyms:
   distinctness, intensity, volume, hardness, loudness, sharpness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, gentleness, mildness, unfitness, indistinctness, womanishness, lenience, fuzziness, blurriness, clemency, leniency, effeminateness, gradualness, fogginess, lenity, sissiness, balminess, effeminacy

8. indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzzinessnoun

   the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines

   Antonyms:
   volume, distinctness, sharpness, intensity, hardness, loudness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, gentleness, mildness, unfitness, indistinctness, womanishness, fog, murkiness, balminess, blurriness, effeminateness, murk, fogginess, fuzziness, sissiness, effeminacy

9. effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanlinessnoun

   the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)

   "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him"

   Antonyms:
   distinctness, intensity, sharpness, hardness, volume, loudness

   Synonyms:
   unmanliness, gentleness, sissiness, mildness, balminess, indistinctness, fogginess, effeminateness, effeminacy, fuzziness, blurriness, womanishness, unfitness

10. softnessnoun

    a disposition to be lenient in judging others

    "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"

    Antonyms:
    volume, loudness, sharpness, intensity, hardness, distinctness

    Synonyms:
    unmanliness, fuzziness, gentleness, fogginess, balminess, blurriness, indistinctness, effeminateness, effeminacy, sissiness, womanishness, unfitness, mildness

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1. softnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   mellowness, impressibility, plasticity, flaccidity, fictility, emollescence

How to use softness in a sentence?

1. Beth Ann Bovino:

   If you start to see a reduction in temporary hires, that usually means that businesses are seeing some softness in the revenue stream, which is one of the first signs of an easing in the jobs market.

2. Loren Weisman:

   Your volume speaks volumes. Be aware of your dynamics, your tones as well as the loudness and softness of your voice on the phone and in person.

3. Di Maio:

   The key to the process is to design the pressure release rate not to stress the dough, which likes to expand gently, we mainly studied how dough behaves with and without yeast -- how the softness changes with leavening( rising), and how the dough responds to a temperature program during baking.

4. Jason Verstak:

   For softness, luxury and graceful aging, pure wool carpet is hard to beat, in addition to its natural, sustainable and insulating properties, wool carpet is also easy to maintain.

5. David Cannington:

   We saw weakness in more U.S. durable goods, but one can track that directly to softness in manufacturing and oil, which is distinct from the strength across the service sector, nonetheless, it strengthens the hand of those pointing to the Fed doing less, and questions the case of the USD bulls.

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