He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.
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Softy
Synonyms for "softy" (49 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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Translations
16 translations across 8 languages.
Finnish
3 entries- nynny noun (weak or sentimental person)
- pehmo noun (weak or sentimental person)
- pehmoilija noun (weak or sentimental person)
German
1 entries- Softie noun (weak or sentimental person)
Irish
1 entries- leibide noun (weak or sentimental person)
Italian
3 entries- femminuccia noun (weak or sentimental person)
- tenerona noun (weak or sentimental person)
- tenerone noun (weak or sentimental person)
Macedonian
1 entries- сла́бак noun (weak or sentimental person)
Russian
2 entries- слаба́к noun (weak or sentimental person)
- тря́пка noun (weak or sentimental person)
Spanish
3 entries- bonachón noun (somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish)
- buenazo noun (somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish)
- sentimental noun (weak or sentimental person)
Swedish
2 entries- mjukis noun (weak or sentimental person)
- mjukis noun (somebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
You're a big softy.
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You will make a softy of him with your always babying.
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But deep down you're such a softy.
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