Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word SOFT-SOAP

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Definitions of SOFT-SOAP

1. Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.
2. (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.

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Examples of Using SOFT-SOAP in a Sentence

• Rose objected that he wanted someone who could choreograph "tits and asses," not "soft-soap from a crazy Armenian" (Yudkoff, 2001).
• The mention of "soft-soap" employs that slang verb in its classic sense − namely, insincere flattery that attempts to convince someone to do or to think something, as in the case of politicians who use specious or beguiling rhetoric to quell public unrest or to propagandise unfairly.
• " Patton wrote, "It is rather a commentary on justice when an Army commander has to soft-soap a skulker to placate the timidity of those above.

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