soft-soap

See also: softsoap and soft soap

English

Alternative forms

• soft soap, softsoap

Noun

soft-soap (uncountable)

1. Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.

Verb

soft-soap (third-person singular simple present soft-soaps, present participle soft-soaping, simple past and past participle soft-soaped)

1. (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.

Translations

to try to persuade by flattering

• Bulgarian: лаская (bg) (laskaja), подмазвам се (podmazvam se)
• Catalan: llagotejar (ca), ensabonar (ca)
• Czech: mazat někomu med kolem huby
• Finnish: imarrella (fi), mairitella (fi)
• Italian: adulare (it)
• Spanish: adular, endulzar el oído
• Welsh: seboni (cy)

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