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soft-soapverb to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flatteryshe cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip blandish, blarney, cajole, coax, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle adulate, flatter, overpraisebutter up, charm, massage, woobeg, beseech, importune, urgebeguile, cozen, finagle, juggle, wangle, wileentice, lure, seduce, tempt bug, harass, nag, pester, teasebrowbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, intimidatecoerce, compel, constrain, demand, force, make, oblige, require to praise too muchshrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them adulate, belaud, blarney, butter up, flatter, hero-worship, honey, massage, overpraise, puff, stroke blandish, cajole, coax, sweet-talk, wheedlefawn, kowtow, suck (up to), toadyidolize, worshipeulogize, extol(also extoll), laud, praiseapplaud, commend, complimentcongratulate, felicitatedrool, gush, slaver, slobberendear, ingratiatecourt, romance, woo bad-mouth, belittle, decry, depreciate, disparage, put down excessive praisea salesman who knows the value of soft soap in making a sale adulation, blarney, butter, flannel(British), flattery, incense, overpraise, sweet talk, taffy allurements, blandishments, endearmentscaresses, compliments, congratulations, felicitations, greetings, regards, respectsadoration, idolatry, worshipfawning, sycophancy, toadyingcajolement, cajolery, ingratiation, smarmacclaim, applause, commendation, praise bad-mouthing, belittlement, depreciation, detraction, disparagement, put-down in the 15th century |