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soft-soap

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. blarney, coaxing, soft soap, sweet talknoun

    flattery designed to gain favor

  2. soft soap, green soapverb

    a soft (or liquid) soap made from vegetable oils; used in certain skin diseases

  3. soft-soapverb

    persuade someone through flattery

  4. soft-soapverb

    use flattering talk on somebody

Wiktionary

  1. soft-soapnoun

    Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.

  2. soft-soapverb

    To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of soft-soap in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of soft-soap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of soft-soap in a Sentence

  1. Clive Staples Lewis:

    If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth - only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.


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  • नरम साबुनHindi

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