Soften and Temper

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Soften

Soften verb - To lessen the shock of.

Usage example: had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal

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Temper is a synonym for soften in calm topic. In some cases you can use "Temper" instead a verb "Soften", when it comes to topics like increase, lessen, alleviate. popular alternative

Nearby Words: soft, softness, softly, softening, softy

Temper

Temper verb - Make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.

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Soften is a synonym for temper in activity topic. You can use "Soften" instead a verb "Temper", if it concerns topics such as calm, increase, tone down. popular alternative

Nearby Words: temperate, temperament, tempered, temperance, tempering

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Common collocations

character	soften character	temper character
use	soften use	temper use
language	soften language	temper language
little	soften little	temper little
Other words: traits.

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