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Meaning of "softling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOFTLING

softling  [ˈsɒftlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOFTLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Softling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOFTLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of softling in the English dictionary

The definition of softling in the dictionary is a weakling or something which has a soft nature.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOFTLING


bantling
ˈbæntlɪŋ
beetling
ˈbiːtlɪŋ
catling
ˈkætlɪŋ
eastling
ˈiːstlɪŋ
fatling
ˈfætlɪŋ
fettling
ˈfɛtlɪŋ
firstling
ˈfɜːstlɪŋ
flatling
ˈflætlɪŋ
footling
ˈfuːtlɪŋ
mantling
ˈmæntlɪŋ
mortling
ˈmɔːtlɪŋ
nestling
ˈnɛstlɪŋ
priestling
ˈpriːstlɪŋ
ratling
ˈrætlɪŋ
rattling
ˈrætlɪŋ
scantling
ˈskæntlɪŋ
startling
ˈstɑːtlɪŋ
subtitling
ˈsʌbˌtaɪtlɪŋ
whitling
ˈwɪtlɪŋ
witling
ˈwɪtlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOFTLING

soften up
softener
softening of the brain
softhead
softheadedly
softhearted
softheartedly
softheartedness
softie
softish
softly
softly-softly
softness
softs
software
software engineer
software engineering
software house
software library
software package

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOFTLING

all-in wrestling
arm wrestling
bratling
bristling
bustling
calling
castling
dismantling
goatling
Graeco-Roman wrestling
Indian wrestling
mud wrestling
rustling
saber-rattling
sabre-rattling
sumo wrestling
throttling
unsettling
whistling
wine-bottling
wrestling

Synonyms and antonyms of softling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «softling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOFTLING

Find out the translation of softling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of softling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «softling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

softling
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

softling
570 millions of speakers

English

softling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

softling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

softling
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

softling
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

softling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

softling
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

softling
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lembut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

softling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

softling
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

softling
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Softling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

softling
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

softling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सॉफ्टलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

softling
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

softling
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

softling
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

softling
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

softling
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

softling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

softling
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

softling
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

softling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of softling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFTLING»

The term «softling» is normally little used and occupies the 133.534 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOFTLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about softling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOFTLING»

Discover the use of softling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to softling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Ashgate Research Companion to Thomas Hardy
I discern the dim faces of the sleep-wrapt servants; They are not those who tended me through feeble hours and strong, But strangers quite, who never knew my rule here, Who never saw me painting, never heard my softling song Float along.
Dr Rosemarie Morgan, 2013
2
The complete works of John Keats
This cannot be thy hand, and yet it is ; 315 And this is sure thine other softling — this 291-2. The draft reads 'Sob' for 'sigh' and begins line 292 with 'And look'd quite dead '. 297. The gentleness of summer wind seems to have been a ...
John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman, 1817
3
The End of the Mind: The Edge of the Intelligible in Hardy, ...
Who never saw me painting, never heard my softling song Float along. So I don't want to linger in this re-decked dwelling, I feel too uneasy at the contrasts I behold, And I make again for Mellstock to return here never, And rejoin the roomy  ...
DeSales Harrison, 2005
4
Complete Works: Poems. 1900-01
This cannot be thy hand, and yet it is ; 315 And this is sure thine other softling — this 291-2. The draft reads 'Sob' for 'sigh' and begins line 292 with 'And look'd quite dead '. 297. The gentleness of summer wind seems to have been a ...
John Keats, Harry Buxton Forman, 1900
5
The Cavalier in the Yellow Doublet: A Novel
He was, alas, burned in one of the very last autos-da-fé, condemned as a softling, that is, as one who had committed the nefarious sin. Don Gonzalo Moscatel had thus been left with no one to praise his muse to the skies until the softling's ...
Arturo Perez-Reverte, 2009
6
The Empire
... as she driedher eyes. “Softling, Mama loves you, too.” “Nooo,” thechild crooned and pressed both hands against her mother's chest. “'I love Raeche!'” “Let's go play Stars, softling. Enough talk of war and.
Grayson Reyes-Cole, 2012
7
Robert Browning: Selected Poems
Lippi suggests that the watch would be better employed at the monastery looking for each 'softling'—'effeminate or viciously nice person' ( J.) —who has crept into the 'wrong hole'; with this possible suggestion of homosexual prac- tices in the ...
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan, 2013
8
The Poems of Browning: Volume Three: 1846 - 1861
Lippi suggests that the watch would be better employed at the monastery looking for each 'softling'—'effeminate or viciously nice person' ( J.) —who has crept into the 'wrong hole'; with this possible suggestion of homosexual prac- tices in the ...
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Graduate Director for the School of English Daniel Karlin, 2014
9
A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
All my days, I'll go the softher, sadlicr, 1071.39 Fears and Sc. 33 Softling. And nip each softling of a wee white mouse, 446.57 Fra Lippo 10 Softly. Which steals back softly on a soul half saved, 13.51 Pauline 990 Shall ' never wave its tangles  ...
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The Union Dictionary: Containing All that Truly Useful in ...
Btu-on.—To grow less obl urate, cruel, or obstinate, S/mk. Softling,s6ft-liiig. s. an eifeminate or viciously nice person. Wootton. Softener, s6i"t”n'6r. s. that which makes soft, one who palliates. swift. Softly, s6ft'lé. a. without hardness, not violently.
Thomas Browne, 1822

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOFTLING»

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Softling! 199+. Eggybird Softling! Feathers & fur! 099+. Eggybird Feathers & fur! The texture of their feathers resembles a luxurious fur pelt. They've also been ... «Huffington Post, Apr 14»

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