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soft-soapsverbpresent tense third-person singular of soft-soap 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 blandishes, blarneys, cajoles, coaxes, palavers, sweet-talks, wheedles adulates, flatters, overpraisesbutters up, charms, massages, woosbegs, beseeches, importunes, urgesbeguiles, cozens, finagles, juggles, wangles, wilesentices, lures, seduces, tempts bugs, harasses, nags, pesters, teasesbrowbeats, bulldozes, bullies, cows, intimidatescoerces, compels, constrains, demands, forces, makes, obliges, requires to praise too muchshrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them adulates, belauds, blarneys, butters up, flatters, hero-worships, honeys, massages, overpraises, puffs, strokes blandishes, cajoles, coaxes, sweet-talks, wheedlesfawns, kowtows, sucks (up to), toadiesidolizes, worshipseulogizes, extols(also extolls), lauds, praisesapplauds, commends, complimentscongratulates, felicitatesdrools, gushes, slavers, slobbersendears, ingratiatescourts, romances, woos bad-mouths, belittles, decries, depreciates, disparages, puts down |