not brilliant or glaring; "the moon cast soft shadows"; "soft pastel colors"; "subdued lighting"
willing to negotiate and compromise
out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army"; "flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks"
yielding readily to pressure or weight
compassionate and kind; conciliatory; "he was soft on his children"
(of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
(of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected
(of sound) relatively low in volume; "soft voices"; "soft music"
not protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons); "soft targets"
using evidence not readily amenable to experimental verification or refutation; "soft data"; "the soft sciences"
(of a commodity or market or currency) falling or likely to fall in value; "the market for computers is soft"
a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
a deaf person who is unable to speak
expressed without speech; especially because words would be inappropriate or inadequate; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"