softened

Other forms of softened

comparative

softenedder·

superlative

softeneddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about softened

What does softened mean?

softened means "toned down". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in softened?

softened has 2 syllables: sof-tened. The stress falls on "sof". In IPA it is /ˈsɔfənd/.

What is another word for softened?

Close synonyms include dull, muffled, muted. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is softened a common word?

softened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.