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unsoftening

unsoftening adjective: not growing softer.

Adjective

unsoftening (not comparable)

  1. Not growing softer.
    • His name, infamous now, would have an additional horror, and ever be remembered by posterity in unspeakable loathing, in unsoftening wrath.1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border

Origin of unsoftening

From un- + softening.

Questions about unsoftening

What does unsoftening mean?
Unsoftening means not growing softer.
What part of speech is unsoftening?
Unsoftening is an adjective.

Words near unsoftening in the dictionary

  1. unsodomize
  2. unsodomized
  3. unsoft
  4. unsoftenable
  5. unsoftened
  6. unsoftening
  7. unsoftly
  8. unsoggy
  9. unsoil
  10. unsoilable
  11. unsoiled

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