Synonyms of soft-soaps

soft-soaps

verb

present tense third-person singular of soft-soap

1

as in coaxes

to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery

she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coaxes
• blandishes
• wheedles
• cajoles
• lures
• seduces
• sweet-talks
• entices
• woos
• urges
• blarneys
• begs
• massages
• palavers
• butters up
• overpraises
• tempts
• charms
• importunes
• flatters
• adulates
• beseeches
• juggles
• wangles
• cozens
• wiles
• finagles
• beguiles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cows
• bugs
• teases
• harasses
• nags
• bullies
• pesters
• forces
• requires
• intimidates
• demands
• compels
• makes
• constrains
• coerces
• browbeats
• bulldozes
• obliges

2

as in massages

to praise too much

shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• massages
• butters up
• commends
• praises
• strokes
• congratulates
• applauds
• overpraises
• belauds
• puffs
• flatters
• adulates
• honeys
• blarneys
• blandishes
• sucks (up to)
• hero-worships
• coaxes
• wheedles
• cajoles
• woos
• compliments
• fawns
• extolls
• sweet-talks
• idolizes
• toadies
• kowtows
• eulogizes
• extols
• worships
• romances
• felicitates
• endears
• courts
• lauds
• ingratiates
• gushes
• slobbers
• slavers
• drools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• puts down
• depreciates
• belittles
• disparages
• decries
• bad-mouths