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softie

/ ˈsɒftɪ /

noun

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

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He is a big softie now but when I was a kid, he was strict.

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He’s no softie and he’s not afraid to be cruel.

Similarly with Nandor, who was once a great Ottoman warrior, we see that he is really just a big softie looking for love, romantic and platonic.

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

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

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