softy
Americannoun
-
softies
plural
-
a person easily stirred to sentiment or tender emotion.
-
a person who lacks stamina or endurance.
-
a person who lacks strength of character; a silly or foolish person.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of softy
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Until recently, D’Amaro had mastered another Wambsgansian trait: the ability to play softy while the CEO fielded the outrage from visitors and investors that ensued thanks to these incidents.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
“Tap IN! Spoke in depth about the 300-pound softy that can’t finish games. Enjoy,” Green wrote, including a link to his podcast.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
His handler PC Kemble described Ronnie as a "big softy at heart".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
Mom’s a softy when it comes to the Nelsons’ land.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Brandi’s kinda pushing us that way, we’re kinda softies now that we’re old, but Brandi wants to go there.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Frustrated: Who raised all of these tender softies?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021
Like Buster, he too has posted on Facebook to brand the tormentors as softies.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
Former Newcastle United striker Mick Quinn says the Magpies are becoming "northern softies".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2015
"We'd be a pack of softies if we let Grandall and Murky, and the rest, get away, after all we know now!"
From The Auto Boys' Mystery by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
