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soft girl

soft girl noun: a girl who adopts a look or aesthetic involving a wholesome and feminine appearance in subdued pastel colours, as well as (often) watching anime and listening to K-pop.

Noun

soft girl (plural soft girls)

  1. (TikTok aesthetic) A girl who adopts a look or aesthetic involving a wholesome and feminine appearance in subdued pastel colours, as well as (often) watching anime and listening to K-pop.
    • Commemorate your relationship with siblings and cousins by buying them their team's newest jersey from your local Adidas or Nike if they're sports fans. Maybe a cute scarf or some pearl-studded hairpins if they're going for the new "soft girl" look.2019 December, Nada Abdelkader, “Confused About Holiday Presents? Here's Your Gift Guide”, in Identity, page 14
    • You will find the soft girl online, pigtailed, clad in pastels, perhaps with a spray of faux freckles – or little clouds, or hearts – painted across her blush-pinkened cheeks and highlighted nose.2019 December 4, Adrienne Matei, “TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment?”, in The Guardian^(print/online)
    Synonyms:
    softie

Examples of soft girl in a sentence

  • Soft girls often paint clouds on their cheeks and wear lots of blush and highlighter.2021, Damian Ryan, Understanding Digital Marketing: A Complete Guide to Engaging Customers and Implementing Successful Digital Campaigns...
  • Junior Katie Wilson displays a typical soft girl aesthetic look with jewelry, a pleated skirt and frilled socks.2021 April 28, “Dressed to express: The reasoning behind student fashion choices”, in The Charger Account, volume S, number 5, San Jose...
  • Soft girl makeup, as the name suggests is a pastel, sweet style that focuses on accentuating natural features with a signature element being blush and faux freckles.2022 November, Vaishnavi Maloth, “Popular Makeup Aesthetics to Follow”, in Tulip, volume 13, number 5, page 66:

Synonyms of soft girl

Forms of soft girl

pluralsoft girls

Questions about soft girl

What does soft girl mean?
Soft girl means a girl who adopts a look or aesthetic involving a wholesome and feminine appearance in subdued pastel colours, as well as (often) watching anime and listening to K-pop.
How do you use soft girl in a sentence?
Soft girls often paint clouds on their cheeks and wear lots of blush and highlighter.
What part of speech is soft girl?
Soft girl is a noun.
What is the plural of soft girl?
The plural of soft girl is soft girls.

Words near soft girl in the dictionary

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