Synonyms for Soften up:

• v.

  •cater to, indulge (verb)
  • pander.
  •entice, manipulate (verb)
  • inveigle.
  •influence, affect (verb)
  • sway.
  •inveigle (verb)
  • entrap,
  • allure,
  • con,
  • bamboozle,
  • ensnare,
  • persuade,
  • sweet talk,
  • jolly,
  • influence,
  • play up to,
  • get around,
  • oil,
  • lay it on thick,
  • work over,
  • wheedle,
  • massage,
  • stroke,
  • beguile,
  • lure,
  • blandish,
  • cajole,
  • overdo it,
  • honey,
  • toll,
  • bait,
  • charm,
  • lead on,
  • tempt,
  • coax,
  • string along,
  • decoy,
  • urge,
  • egg on,
  • snow,
  • butter,
  • hook,
  • seduce,
  • soap,
  • rope in.
  •make happy; appease (verb)
  • sweeten.
  •pander (verb)
  • politic,
  • brownnose,
  • suck up to,
  • gratify,
  • please,
  • satisfy,
  • fall all over,
  • play the game.
  •sugarcoat (verb)
  • candy-coat,
  • pacify,
  • add sugar,
  • make more appealing,
  • alleviate,
  • add sweetening,
  • make sweet.
  •sway (verb)
  • strike,
  • get,
  • prevail on,
  • carry,
  • rule over,
  • hold sway over.
  •wheedle (verb)
  • draw,
  • court,
  • banter,
  • entice,
  • sweet-talk,
  • sweeten up,
  • finagle,
  • kowtow,
  • spread it on,
  • worm.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • buy,
  • bribe,
  • blackmail,
  • buy off,
  • keep in with,
  • maneuver,
  • cozy up,
  • cultivate,
  • make up to,
  • flatter.
  •inveigle
  • laying it on thick,
  • Honeying,
  • Buttered,
  • leads on,
  • lay on thick,
  • honied,
  • Snowing,
  • getting around,
  • roped in,
  • Inveigling,
  • jollied,
  • Buttering,
  • jollying,
  • Jollies,
  • laid on thick,
  • led on,
  • Soaped,
  • Snowed,
  • Soaping,
  • worked over.
  •pander
  • politicking,
  • laid on,
  • lays on,
  • fall over,
  • laying on,
  • lay on,
  • falls over,
  • playing the game.
  •sugarcoat
  • candy-coated.
  •wheedle
  • WORMS,
  • Worming,
  • spread on,
  • Wormed,
  • soft-soaping,
  • soft-soaped.
  •Other relevant words:
  • eviscerate,
  • subdue,
  • lay siege to,
  • attenuate,
  • weaken,
  • enervate,
  • extenuate,
  • cramp,
  • blunt,
  • deaden,
  • fluff,
  • squash,
  • relax,
  • appease,
  • abate,
  • bend,
  • wear down,
  • shake up,
  • lead,
  • gruel,
  • unman,
  • tenderise,
  • undermine,
  • blarney,
  • shake,
  • affect,
  • limber up,
  • tone,
  • lay low,
  • soothe,
  • melt,
  • unstrengthen,
  • tinge,
  • exhaust,
  • tone down,
  • enfeeble,
  • cripple,
  • soft-soap,
  • mellow,
  • limber,
  • sugarcoat,
  • work,
  • debilitate,
  • ease,
  • lay it on,
  • pulp,
  • reduce,
  • sap,
  • encompass,
  • tune down,
  • invest,
  • plump,
  • blockade,
  • knead,
  • overcome,
  • encircle,
  • gentle,
  • Milden,
  • smash,
  • beset,
  • unnerve,
  • rattle,
  • beleaguer,
  • palliate,
  • loosen,
  • unstring,
  • mash,
  • cushion,
  • harry,
  • tenderize,
  • surround,
  • besiege,
  • unbrace,
  • prompt,
  • mollify,
  • damp,
  • harass,
  • envelop,
  • mitigate,
  • supple,
  • dull,
  • butter up,
  • color.

Antonyms for Soften up:

• v.

  • inveigle
    free, be honest, repel, prevent, liberate, release, let go, disgust, turn off, discourage, disenchant, repulse, dissuade.
  • pander
    disappoint, disturb, annoy, refuse, frustrate, anger, upset, deny, dissatisfy.
  • sugarcoat
    incite, agitate, worry.
  • sway
    leave alone, mislead, abandon, fail, lose, fix, stay, yield, misguide, leave, neglect, serve, steady, submit, surrender, misunderstand, mismanage, miss.
  • sweeten
    disrupt, salt, trouble, sour, displease.
  • wheedle
    offend.