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soft

1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. After a few hours at the party, it appeared that most people were getting soft.

2. mod. having to do with nonaddictive drugs. (Compare this with hard.) The “soft stuff” just leads to really bad stuff.

3. mod. stupid. The guy’s soft in the head. He just can’t think straight.

See:

• be an easy touch
• be soft on
• go soft
• go soft on (someone)
• hard sell
• have a soft spot for
• have a soft spot for or an animal
• soft
• soft answer turneth away wrath
• soft as a baby's bottom
• soft berth
• soft core
• soft fire makes sweet malt
• soft in the head
• soft job
• soft life
• soft mick
• soft money
• soft on
• soft on someone
• soft on someone or something
• soft pedal
• soft pedal something
• soft sawder
• soft sell
• soft shoe
• soft soap
• soft spot
• soft touch
• soft-core
• soft-pedal
• walk soft