soften

IPA: sˈɑfʌn

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
(transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
(transitive) To make less harsh
(intransitive) To become soft or softer
(transitive, intransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
(Slavic phonology) To palatalize.

Examples of "soften" in Sentences

Scully glanced over at Mulder in time to see his expression soften into a tender smile.
They're going to have to, I hate to use the word soften but it can't be a hard, hard news cast.
Georgia watched the faintest flush of color spread across Laura’s cheeks, watched her expression soften just a little.
Push a bit harder and you might see her expression soften, and hear her speak of having been compelled, so much so that nothing else had mattered.
I felt my expression soften as I looked over at the boy again, but I also saw his jaw tighten and his eyes narrow at the sight of my sympathy, and so I struggled to conceal it.