The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SOFTER , but the solution may also be SOFTENED which is one of the most recent solution (2002 in New York Times).
Not so harsh crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOFTER | 50 % | 6 |
| SOFTENED | 50 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not so harsh
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lenient
- mild
- lenitive
- mildly
- mildness
- moderate
- gentle
- soft
- benign
- gently
- bland
- pat
Crossword Answer definitions
SOFTER adjective- Easily giving way under pressure.
- (of cloth or similar material) Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh.
- (of a sound) Quiet.
- Gentle.
- Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind.
- Gentle in action or motion; easy.
- Weak in character; impressible.
- Requiring little or no effort; easy.
- Not bright or intense.
- Having a slight angle from straight.
- Voiced; sonant.
- Voiceless
- (Slavic languages) palatalized
- Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy.
- (of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.
- Foolish.
- Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard)
- (of a person) Physically or emotionally weak.
- Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action.
- (of a man) Effeminate.
- Agreeable to the senses.
- Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye.
- (of light) Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows.
- Emulated with software; not physically real.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result SOFTER
- Not as hard
- More lenient
- More out of condition
- Less harsh
- Not so rough
- Claim in a tissue ad
- Corundum, vis-a-vis diamonds
- More flexible
- More gentle
- Not as loud