(imp. & p. p.) of Soften.

abject apologetic bated chastened complaisant conditioned constrained contrite controlled creamy damped dampened dead deadened delicate dull dulled easy eggshell flat gentle gloss hedged hedged about humble humbled hushed in control in hand iridescent leavened light limited low-key mellow mellowy melted mild mitigated modified modulated mollified mother-of-pearl muffled muted nacreous nonresistive nonrigid opalescent pale pastel patinaed pearly penitent penitential penitentiary qualified quelled quiet repentant restrained restricted sad seasoned semigloss sheepish simple smothered sober soft soft as putty soft-colored soft-hued somber sordo stable stifled subdued subtle sweet tempered tender touched whisper-soft