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What is another word for
soften up
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To flatter or appease someone with sly tactics
To appease or assuage (someone)
To adulterate or dilute the concentration or potency of
To seek favor from by fawning, or with servile behavior
To control or influence (a person or course of action)
To minimize or moderate the seriousness of (an offense)
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Verb
▲
To flatter or appease someone with sly tactics
cajole
wheedle
flatter
charm
appease
sweet-talk
butter up
to butter up
persuade
coax
inveigle
influence
soft-soap
sway
work on
blarney
talk
beguile
convince
blandish
palaver
coerce
argue
smooth-talk
sweeten up
win over
entice
lure
finagle
soap
bring round
talk into
woo
solicit
tempt
induce
seduce
urge
get
reason
con
get round
worm
court
snow
prevail on
oil
make
prod
draw
manipulate
pressure
put the squeeze on
lean on
put pressure on
twist someone's arm
overdo it
work over
massage
sweet talk
honey
play up to
lay it on thick
stroke
allure
manoeuvre
UK
encourage
maneuver
US
fawn
decoy
press
adulate
bootlick
prevail upon
argue into
overpraise
hook
importune
fawn on
suck up to
hero-worship
be all over
bait
invite
attract
entrap
praise
incite
soften
rope in
move
glorify
humour
UK
humor
US
grovel
brown-nose
panegyrize
curry favor with
US
spread it on
suck up
ingratiate oneself with
compliment excessively
fall all over
wax lyrical about
curry favour with
UK
express admiration for
deceive
wangle
betray
barter
ingratiate
instigate
toady
lead on
motivate
crawl
brownnose
truckle
sell
impel
get around
puff
arm-twist
creep
belaud
cower
jolly
provoke
kowtow
pander
stimulate
bring around
compliment
snivel
convert
twist one's arm
commend
rub up the right way
pay court to
lick someone's boots
be obsequious
humble oneself
say nice things about
ingratiate yourself
behave obsequiously
laud
dance attendance on
make up to
bow to
build up
be sycophantic
kiss one's feet
pay blandishments to
be servile
defer to
cater to
throw oneself at someone's feet
apple-polish
talk round
entreat
whet
banter
beg
incline
egg on
snare
cause
lay it on
jockey
trick
appeal to
get next to
tantalize
US
captivate
toll
lead astray
wile
turn on
flatter into
tantalise
UK
bat eyes at
dangle a carrot in front of
delude
dupe
plague
pester
tease
jawbone
soothe
ensnare
mislead
sucker
trap
mousetrap
come on
pull
talk someone into something
curry favour
UK
steer
bribe
string along
come on to
sweep off feet
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
demean oneself to
be servile towards
curry favor
US
truckle to
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
bow and scrape to
prostrate oneself to
creep to
toady to
grovel to
kowtow to
crawl to
get on the right side of
prompt
inspire
actuate
bring
cringe
goose
trigger
steamroll
squeeze
bulldoze
activate
suck in
wheedle into
sell one on
exert influence on
prod into
draw in
cajole into
coax into
put someone up to something
quail
implore
revere
pamper
genuflect
abase yourself
eat crow
make much of
show respect for
eat dirt
demean oneself
flannel
himor
massage one's ego
rub the right way
pander to
apple polish
more ❯
“I tried to
soften up
my boss by complimenting her outfits every day, hoping to get a promotion.”
Verb
▲
To appease or assuage (someone)
sweeten
soothe
assuage
mollify
appease
placate
pacify
propitiate
conciliate
soften
mellow
win over
sugar the pill
gentle
disarm
calm
calm down
humour
UK
humor
US
quiet
quieten
make peace with
compose
still
reconcile
satisfy
square off
allay
lull
settle
relax
tranquilize
US
quell
stroke
silence
tranquillise
UK
content
soft-pedal
make peace
quieten down
settle down
resolve
relieve
ease
palliate
subdue
milden
quiet down
ease up
coax
set at ease
put off guard
undermine someone's resistance
win the affection of
moderate
temper
cool
repress
tame
deconflict
qualify
dulcify
grease
pacificate
clear the air with
fix up
smooth over
butter up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
put the lid on
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
take the edge off
impose peace upon
lay back
restore harmony to
comfort
cheer
please
make up
pour oil on troubled waters
pour oil on
play up to
salve
becalm
lullaby
mitigate
alleviate
balm
hush
untrouble
unburden
console
cool off
curb
solace
adjust
sedate
dull
lighten
take the sting out
heal
stifle
reassure
steady
take the sting out of
chill out
shut down
smooth down
ameliorate
cure
meliorate
nurse
help
improve
doctor
pleasure
gladden
delight
gratify
make better
attend to
set right
rejoice
suit
warm
tickle
suffice
bewitch
enrapture
charm
thrill
feast
indulge
captivate
gas
glad
agree with
make happy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To adulterate or dilute the concentration or potency of
weaken
dilute
adulterate
thin
cut
lace
extend
debase
sophisticate
water down
thin out
take the edge off
contaminate
attenuate
taint
spike
mix
vitiate
defile
pollute
corrupt
degrade
devalue
alloy
depreciate
deteriorate
denature
doctor
cheapen
blend
intermix
dope
reduce
make impure
thin down
cook
impair
commingle
dissolve
drug
load
deacon
mix with
slip a Mickey Finn into
spoil
foul
sully
bastardize
US
ruin
bastardise
UK
tamper with
poison
envenom
alter
empoison
infect
add drugs to
add poison to
intoxicate
fix
distort
manipulate
falsify
putrefy
interfere with
put poison in
tinker with
fiddle with
colour
UK
color
US
more ❯
Verb
▲
To seek favor from by fawning, or with servile behavior
pander
brownnose
flatter
bootlick
snow
politic
soap
toady
stroke
play up to
fall all over
curry favour
UK
curry favor
US
suck up to
apple-polish
fawn on
get on the right side of
lay it on
play the game
scratch one's back
crawl
grovel
curry favor with
US
curry favour with
UK
fawn
truckle
kowtow
brown-nose
butter up
ingratiate oneself with
suck up
woo
blandish
cringe
dance attendance on
be servile
lick someone's boots
be obsequious
be all over
creep
cower
court
soft-soap
make up to
humble oneself
fuss
ingratiate yourself
creep to
rub up the right way
be sycophantic
kiss one's feet
abase yourself
prostrate oneself
cater to
behave obsequiously
stoop
submit
yield
defer
wheedle
humor
US
humour
UK
snivel
cozy up
gain the favor of
fall on one's knees
bow to
pay court
smoodge to
make overtures
pander to
honey up
abase oneself before
sweet-talk
defer to
knuckle under
toady to
bow and scrape
get in good with
eat crow
truckle to
throw oneself at someone's feet
give in
smarm
cultivate
kneel
quail
abase oneself to
be obsequious towards
be sycophantic towards
keep someone sweet
demean oneself to
fawn over
bow and scrape to
try to get on the good side of
eat humble pie
seek the favour of
humiliate yourself
be servile towards
try to win over
prostrate oneself before
implore
revere
pamper
bow
prostrate
genuflect
bend
fanboy
fangirl
praise to excess
pay court to
be obsequious to
fall over oneself for
bow and scrape before
be sycophantic to
cave in to
kowtow to
be at beck and call
praise to the skies
kneel before
be servile to
smarm around
crawl to
grovel before
sing the praises of
cringe before
abase oneself
buddy up
eat dirt
demean oneself
make much of
show respect for
toe the mark
pay homage
cave in
show deference
go along with
do everything for
concede
cajole
massage
oil
crouch
kiss up to
bend the knee
give way
kiss-up
prostrate oneself to
grovel to
get round
kiss the feet of
get in with
ingratiate
back-scratch
win over
fawn upon
submit to
play up
persuade
coax
puff
adulate
overpraise
blarney
belaud
inveigle
honey
build up
prevail on
hero-worship
talk into
spread it on
work on
soften
lay it on thick
more ❯
Verb
▲
To control or influence (a person or course of action)
sway
influence
affect
persuade
bias
prejudice
turn
color
US
colour
UK
control
guide
impact
impress
manipulate
move
reach
sell
strike
touch
convert
convince
incline
induce
inspire
jaundice
motivate
mold
US
mould
UK
prompt
slant
bend
brainwash
carry
conduct
crack
hook
nobble
predispose
bring round
prevail on
talk round
tell on
turn one's head
twist one's arm
win over
impact on
lead by the nose
put across
work on
suck in
distort
twist
skew
have an impact on
have an effect on
draw
warp
poison
prepossess
get to
dispose
make partial
make an impression on
weight
impel
capture
spur
stimulate
urge
bring in
make biased
cajole
get
make partisan
get through to
register with
alter
carry weight with
condition
transform
promote
get through
angle
change
garble
taint
talk into
bring around
stretch
doctor
modify
prevail upon
argue into
coax into
faze
upset
steer
throw
get around
nag into
exert an influence on
stir
attract attention
make a splash
leave a mark on
stick in someone's mind
cause others to take notice
make an impression
make a statement
cause a sensation
make an impact
turn heads
cause a stir
make your mark
cut a figure
send a message
make your presence felt
catch the eye
get noticed
more ❯
Verb
▲
To minimize or moderate the seriousness of (an offense)
palliate
downplay
minimise
UK
minimize
US
whitewash
mitigate
extenuate
rationalise
UK
rationalize
US
lessen
sugarcoat
qualify
prettify
play down
de-emphasize
make light of
tone down
soft-pedal
gloss over
explain away
justify
brush something under the carpet
gild the pill
sugarcoat the pill
cover up
understate
candy-coat
shrug off
belie
gloss
varnish
brush aside
smooth over
gloze over
underplay
moderate
underemphasize
euphemize
subdue
shush
put on the soft pedal
mince words
blue-pencil
set no store by
hush-hush
set little store by
go easy
make little of
make nothing of
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