Synonyms for Soft-soaping:

• n.

  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • courtly,
  • Insinuating,
  • mealymouthed.

• v.

  •cajole (verb)
  • build up,
  • mislead,
  • brownnose,
  • delude,
  • maneuver,
  • induce,
  • soap,
  • influence,
  • wheedle,
  • make up to,
  • work over,
  • suck up to,
  • sweeten up,
  • blandish,
  • beguile,
  • inveigle,
  • push,
  • soft-soap,
  • decoy,
  • rub the right way,
  • play up to,
  • get around,
  • butter up,
  • dupe,
  • tempt,
  • lure,
  • spread it on,
  • oil,
  • urge,
  • sweet-talk,
  • bootlick,
  • soften,
  • deceive,
  • hand a line,
  • lay it on thick,
  • argue into,
  • stroke,
  • work on,
  • jolly,
  • entice,
  • seduce,
  • snow,
  • get next to,
  • massage,
  • apple polish,
  • entrap,
  • con,
  • crowd,
  • tantalize,
  • banter.
  •coax (verb)
  • pester,
  • talk into,
  • get,
  • come on,
  • wangle,
  • soothe,
  • worm,
  • rope in,
  • allure,
  • jawbone,
  • flatter,
  • cajole,
  • barter,
  • press,
  • plague,
  • blarney,
  • prevail upon,
  • hook,
  • tease,
  • arm-twist,
  • Importune.
  •flatter (verb)
  • court,
  • praise,
  • humor,
  • Beslaver,
  • overpraise,
  • adulate,
  • fawn,
  • charm,
  • grovel,
  • toady,
  • sell,
  • salve,
  • glorify,
  • cater to.
  •grovel (verb)
  • truckle,
  • crouch,
  • pamper,
  • creep,
  • revere,
  • eat dirt,
  • bow and scrape,
  • stoop,
  • beg,
  • beseech,
  • make much of,
  • eat humble pie,
  • implore,
  • apple-polish,
  • kneel,
  • brown-nose,
  • kowtow,
  • snivel,
  • eat crow,
  • crawl,
  • prostrate,
  • humble oneself,
  • kiss one's feet,
  • beg for mercy,
  • cower,
  • fall all over,
  • cringe,
  • yes.
  •induce (verb)
  • get up,
  • breed,
  • twist one's arm,
  • move,
  • bulldoze,
  • instigate,
  • actuate,
  • generate,
  • persuade,
  • draw,
  • cause,
  • effect,
  • abet,
  • bring around,
  • suck in,
  • make,
  • promote,
  • bring about,
  • sell one on,
  • impel,
  • procure,
  • occasion,
  • sway,
  • give rise to,
  • incite,
  • prompt,
  • coax,
  • engender,
  • win over,
  • produce,
  • lead to,
  • motivate,
  • steamroll,
  • convince,
  • goose,
  • set in motion,
  • squeeze,
  • draw in,
  • activate.
  •lie (verb)
  • make believe,
  • dissemble,
  • break promise,
  • misstate,
  • equivocate,
  • misguide,
  • concoct,
  • fudge,
  • palter,
  • falsify,
  • exaggerate,
  • forswear,
  • bs,
  • distort,
  • Misinstruct,
  • misinform,
  • phony,
  • dissimulate,
  • be untruthful,
  • invent,
  • perjure,
  • overdraw,
  • Misspeak,
  • put up a front,
  • malign,
  • plant,
  • fabricate,
  • frame,
  • put on,
  • pervert,
  • bear false witness,
  • misrepresent,
  • victimize,
  • fake,
  • go back on,
  • prevaricate,
  • string along,
  • fib,
  • bull.
  •lobby (verb)
  • pitch,
  • make a pitch for,
  • billboard,
  • hard sell,
  • boost,
  • request,
  • pressure,
  • bill,
  • thump,
  • sell on,
  • affect,
  • splash,
  • politick,
  • modify,
  • exert influence,
  • put pressure on,
  • solicit,
  • campaign for,
  • drum,
  • soft-sell,
  • plug,
  • high pressure,
  • advance,
  • change,
  • further,
  • bring pressure to bear,
  • spot,
  • hype,
  • alter,
  • solicit votes,
  • pull strings.
  •sweet-talk (verb)
  • slaver,
  • honey.
  •wheedle (verb)
  • finagle,
  • soften up,
  • lay it on.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • obsequious,
  • bland,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • smarmy,
  • complimentary,
  • flattering,
  • smooth-tongued,
  • sycophantic,
  • honeyed,
  • Fine-spoken,
  • unctuous,
  • soapy,
  • fawning,
  • oily,
  • wheedling,
  • fair-spoken.

Antonyms for Soft-soaping:

• v.

  • cajole
    disgust, force, bully, dissuade, repulse, repel, turn off, disenchant, discourage.
  • coax
    allow, not care, please.
  • flatter
    criticize, ignore, belittle, denounce, mismatch, insult, offend, condemn, castigate.
  • grovel
    answer, straighten, boast.
  • induce
    hinder, leave alone, fail, impede, prevent, halt, kill, stop, stay, deter, delay, destroy, lose.
  • lie
    stand, tell truth, be upright, be honest.
  • lobby
    keep, pull, suppress, continue, repress, decrease, remain.
  • sweet-talk
    irritate.