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oversoften

oversoften verb: to soften too much; to make too soft.

Verb

oversoften (third-person singular simple present oversoftens, present participle oversoftening, simple past and past participle oversoftened)

  1. (transitive) To soften too much; to make too soft.

Forms of oversoften

third-person singular presentoversoftens
present participleoversoftening
past participleoversoftened
pastoversoftened

Origin of oversoften

From over- + soften.

Questions about oversoften

What does oversoften mean?
Oversoften means to soften too much; to make too soft.
What part of speech is oversoften?
Oversoften is a verb.
What is the past tense of oversoften?
The past tense of oversoften is oversoftened.

Words near oversoften in the dictionary

  1. oversocializes
  2. oversocializing
  3. oversock
  4. oversocks
  5. oversoft
  6. oversoften
  7. oversoftened
  8. oversoftening
  9. oversoftens
  10. oversoftly
  11. oversoftness

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