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soft·y

or soft·ie (sôf′tē, sŏf′-)

n. pl. soft·ies Informal

1. A person regarded as weak or sentimental.

2. A person who finds it difficult to punish or be strict.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

soft•y

or soft•ie

(ˈsɔf ti, ˈsɒf-)

n., pl. -ties. Informal.

1. a person easily stirred to sentiment.

2. a weak or foolish person.

[1860–65]

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Noun

softy - a person who is weak and excessively sentimental

softie

doormat, weakling, wuss - a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

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softy

[ˈsɒftɪ] N → blandengue mf; (= too tender-hearted) → blandengue mf, buenazo/a m/f; (= no stamina etc) → blandengue mf; (= coward) → gallina mf, cobardica mf
you big softie, stop crying! → ¡no seas llorón or llorica!

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

softy

softie [ˈsɒftɪ] n (fam) (weak) → pappamolle m/f; (tender-hearted) → tenerone/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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