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Recent Examples of softy
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Turns out the big softy was just a player’s coach.
—Joseph Goodman, al, 10 July 2022
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Turns out the big softy was just a player’s coach.
—Joseph Goodman, al, 10 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for softy
Noun
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Of the two sisters in the yellow house, Paula is a much gentler girl, a wuss, a baby, the biggest chicken—that’s how her sister thinks of her—and Rhonda is the boss.—
Alex Mar,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2023
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Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2022
Noun
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Wes Siler, our longtime outdoor lifestyle columnist, is a total wimp who obsessively pursues comfort in extreme environments.—
Wes Siler,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
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The opposite of a wimp is a Superman, the comic book creation of writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Schuster.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Separating the weakling from the herd only heightened their fear.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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The sign Scorpio isn’t known to be a weakling, nor is Tyrannosaurus.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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“Softy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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