soft-spoken
/ˌsɒft ˈspəʊkən/adjective
उच्चारण सॉफ़्ट स्पोकन
मृदुभाषी, धीमे बोलने वाला
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having a gentle and quiet voice
मृदुभाषी, धीमे बोलने वाला
- a soft-spoken teacher
- The soft-spoken doctor calmed every nervous patient.
- Our soft-spoken principal rarely raises his voice.
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- She is soft-spoken but very firm.
- A soft-spoken young man answered the phone politely.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
be soft-spoken
After be, it describes a person who naturally speaks in a gentle, quiet voice.
'Be' के बाद यह उस व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जो स्वभाव से धीमी और कोमल आवाज़ में बोलता है।
- Radhika's teacher is soft-spoken but very firm.
- The doctor was kind and soft-spoken.
soft-spoken + noun
Before a noun it describes a person such as a man, nurse or official, with a hyphen.
संज्ञा से पहले यह man, nurse या official जैसे व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है, और hyphen लगता है।
- A soft-spoken clerk helped us fill the form.
- He is a soft-spoken leader who rarely shouts.
soft-spoken vs speak softly
Soft-spoken describes a habit of character; speak softly is an action at a given moment.
'Soft-spoken' चरित्र की आदत का वर्णन करता है; 'speak softly' किसी क्षण की क्रिया है।
- She is soft-spoken by nature, but today she spoke softly because the baby was asleep.
soft-spoken as a positive quality
The word is a compliment: it suggests politeness, calm and gentle manners rather than weakness.
यह शब्द प्रशंसा का है: इसमें कमज़ोरी नहीं, बल्कि शिष्टता, शांति और कोमल व्यवहार का भाव है।
- Being soft-spoken did not stop her from leading the debating society.
+Collocations 4
soft-spoken + noun
manteacherdoctorleaderclerkstudent
- The soft-spoken doctor calmed the child.
adverb + soft-spoken
veryquietlynaturallyunusuallygentle and
- He was unusually soft-spoken for a police officer.
verb + soft-spoken
beseemremainbecomesound
- She remained soft-spoken even when angry.
paired adjectives
gentlepoliteshykindhumble
- He was a gentle, soft-spoken man.
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- The soft-spoken librarian never raised her voice in the reading hall.
मृदुभाषी पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष ने पाठन कक्ष में कभी आवाज़ ऊँची नहीं की।
- Radhika is soft-spoken, but her ideas are bold.
राधिका मृदुभाषी है, पर उसके विचार साहसी हैं।
- The soft-spoken captain led the team to victory without any shouting.
मृदुभाषी कप्तान ने बिना चिल्लाए टीम को जीत दिलाई।
- My grandfather was a soft-spoken man who loved poetry.
मेरे दादाजी एक मृदुभाषी व्यक्ति थे जिन्हें कविता से प्रेम था।
- A soft-spoken reply can calm an angry customer.
धीमे स्वर में दिया गया उत्तर क्रोधित ग्राहक को शांत कर सकता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives describe a quiet voice or manner, but with different shades.
ये विशेषण धीमी आवाज़ या व्यवहार बताते हैं, पर भाव की छटा अलग है।
Gentle and quiet in speech, by nature.
स्वभाव से बोलने में कोमल और धीमा।
- A soft-spoken teacher.
Making little noise; may also mean saying little.
कम आवाज़ करने वाला; कम बोलने वाला भी।
- A quiet boy.
mild-mannered
Gentle in behaviour, not only in speech.
केवल बोलने में नहीं, व्यवहार में भी सौम्य।
- A mild-mannered clerk.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
soft·spo·ken
?Which word?
Keep the speaking-style words together: soft-spoken (gentle voice), outspoken (saying openly what you think), plain-spoken (direct and honest), well-spoken (speaking in a polite, educated way), loquacious (talking a lot), taciturn (saying very little).
बोलने की शैली के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: soft-spoken (कोमल आवाज़), outspoken (खुलकर अपनी बात कहने वाला), plain-spoken (सीधा और ईमानदार), well-spoken (शिष्ट, शिक्षित ढंग से बोलने वाला), loquacious (बहुत बोलने वाला), taciturn (बहुत कम बोलने वाला)।