highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs
a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"
a disposition to be lenient in judging others; "softness is not something permitted of good leaders"
the property of giving little resistance to pressure and being easily cut or molded
a visual property that is subdued and free from brilliance or glare; "the softness of the morning sky"
a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency; "and in softness almost beyond hearing"
a state of declining financial condition; "orders have recently picked up after a period of extreme softness"; "he attributes the disappointing results to softness in the economy"
a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance