softie

/ ˈsɒftɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance

Example Sentences

In these modern times, Nandor is more of a softie who is often looking for love in all the wrong places.

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I think they expect me to come in and just be a softie.

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“You’re such a softie,” said Cat.

From Literature

“He’s a softie, such a sweet guy,” Kerry Schmidt, one of five siblings, said of her dad.

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The end of his life was unfathomable to Dominguez’s family members, who knew the 33-year-old as a troubled man who was a “softie” and wanted more than anything to be an actor, though he never got any roles.

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Related Words

• object of ridicule