soft: signification et définitions

Easily molded, cut, or worked.

Yielding readily to pressure or weight.

Out of condition; flabby.

Smooth or fine to the touch: a soft fabric.

Not loud, harsh, or irritating: a soft voice.

Not brilliant or glaring; subdued: soft colors.

Not sharply drawn or delineated: soft charcoal shading; a scene filmed in soft focus.

Mild; balmy: a soft breeze.

Of a gentle disposition; tender.

Affectionate: a soft glance.

Attracted or emotionally involved: He has been soft on her for years.

Not stern; lenient.

Lacking strength of character; weak.

Informal Simple-minded; foolish.

Informal Easy: a soft job.

Based on conciliation or negotiation rather than on threats or power plays: took a soft line toward their opponents.

Gradually declining in trend; not firm: a soft economy; a soft computer market.

Informal and entertaining without confronting difficult issues or hard facts: limited the discussion to soft topics.

Using or based on data that is not readily quantifiable or amenable to experimental verification or refutation: The lawyer downplayed the soft evidence.

Softcore.

Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle less acute than other possible routes: a soft right.

Of or relating to a paper currency as distinct from a hard currency backed by gold.

Having low dissolved mineral content.

Having a low or lower power of penetration: soft x-rays.

Linguistics Sibilant rather than guttural, as c in certain and g in gem.