To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.
Infinitivesoft-soap
Past simplesoft-soaped
Past participlesoft-soaped
-ing formsoft-soaping
Full conjugation of the English verb to soft-soap (past simple soft-soaped,
past participle soft-soaped):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
soft-soap
you
soft-soap
he/she/it
soft-soaps
we
soft-soap
you
soft-soap
they
soft-soap
Present continuous
I
am soft-soaping
you
are soft-soaping
he/she/it
is soft-soaping
we
are soft-soaping
you
are soft-soaping
they
are soft-soaping
Present perfect
I
have soft-soaped
you
have soft-soaped
he/she/it
has soft-soaped
we
have soft-soaped
you
have soft-soaped
they
have soft-soaped
Present perfect continuous
I
have been soft-soaping
you
have been soft-soaping
he/she/it
has been soft-soaping
we
have been soft-soaping
you
have been soft-soaping
they
have been soft-soaping
Past simple
I
soft-soaped
you
soft-soaped
he/she/it
soft-soaped
we
soft-soaped
you
soft-soaped
they
soft-soaped
Past continuous
I
was soft-soaping
you
were soft-soaping
he/she/it
was soft-soaping
we
were soft-soaping
you
were soft-soaping
they
were soft-soaping
Past perfect
I
had soft-soaped
you
had soft-soaped
he/she/it
had soft-soaped
we
had soft-soaped
you
had soft-soaped
they
had soft-soaped
Past perfect continuous
I
had been soft-soaping
you
had been soft-soaping
he/she/it
had been soft-soaping
we
had been soft-soaping
you
had been soft-soaping
they
had been soft-soaping
Future simple
I
will soft-soap
you
will soft-soap
he/she/it
will soft-soap
we
will soft-soap
you
will soft-soap
they
will soft-soap
Future continuous
I
will be soft-soaping
you
will be soft-soaping
he/she/it
will be soft-soaping
we
will be soft-soaping
you
will be soft-soaping
they
will be soft-soaping
Future perfect
I
will have soft-soaped
you
will have soft-soaped
he/she/it
will have soft-soaped
we
will have soft-soaped
you
will have soft-soaped
they
will have soft-soaped
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been soft-soaping
you
will have been soft-soaping
he/she/it
will have been soft-soaping
we
will have been soft-soaping
you
will have been soft-soaping
they
will have been soft-soaping
Conditional
Present
I
would soft-soap
you
would soft-soap
he/she/it
would soft-soap
we
would soft-soap
you
would soft-soap
they
would soft-soap
Present continuous
I
would be soft-soaping
you
would be soft-soaping
he/she/it
would be soft-soaping
we
would be soft-soaping
you
would be soft-soaping
they
would be soft-soaping
Perfect
I
would have soft-soaped
you
would have soft-soaped
he/she/it
would have soft-soaped
we
would have soft-soaped
you
would have soft-soaped
they
would have soft-soaped
Perfect continuous
I
would have been soft-soaping
you
would have been soft-soaping
he/she/it
would have been soft-soaping
we
would have been soft-soaping
you
would have been soft-soaping
they
would have been soft-soaping
Subjunctive
Present
that I
soft-soap
that you
soft-soap
that he/she/it
soft-soap
that we
soft-soap
that you
soft-soap
that they
soft-soap
Past
if I
soft-soaped
if you
soft-soaped
if he/she/it
soft-soaped
if we
soft-soaped
if you
soft-soaped
if they
soft-soaped
Imperative
Affirmative
you
soft-soap
we
let's soft-soap
Negative
you
don't soft-soap
we
let's not soft-soap
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to soft-soap
Perfect infinitive
to have soft-soaped
Present participle / gerund
soft-soaping
Past participle
soft-soaped
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