Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

softened up

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables
soft-ened up
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of soften up

Questions

What does softened up mean?
simple past and past participle of soften up

How to pronounce softened up

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