softness
nounUS /ˈsɔftnəs/ · UK /ˈsɒftnəs/
Etymology From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness.
1
Usually The quality of being soft.
- […] the informal dressers, with their "divided skirts" and stealthy advances towards confessed trouserdom, are the strong-minded sisterhood, to whom the softnesses of sex are abominations […]1882, The Pall Mall Budget, page 9:
- Synonyms
- flaccidity, mollitude, softness
- Antonyms
- hardness
- Related terms
- clay, down, feather, foam, wax, cushion, padding, pillow, butter, dough, pudding, soft, soften
- Hyponyms
- bendability, flexibility, moldability