Meanings
plural soft spots
- idiomaticA sentimental fondness or affection.
I'm embarrassed to admit it hit the soft spot in my heart / When I found out you wrote the book I read
1977, David Byrne, “The Book I Read”, in Talking Heads: 77, performed by Talking Heads1 more example
But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority.
2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in GuardianSynonyms: soft corner
- A point of vulnerability in a defence.
Synonyms: weak spot
- A fontanelle.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sentimental fondness or affection.
nounA point of vulnerability in a defence.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Late 18th c.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian слабост, слабо място
- слабост (slabost)sentimental fondness or affection
- слабо място (slabo mjasto)sentimental fondness or affection
- уязвимост (ujazvimost)point of vulnerability
- слабо място (slabo mjasto)point of vulnerability
Chinese Mandarin 眷戀 /眷恋, 脆弱點 /脆弱点
- 眷戀 /眷恋 (juànliàn)sentimental fondness or affection
- 脆弱點 /脆弱点 (cuìruò diǎn)point of vulnerability
- 弱點 /弱点 (ruòdiǎn)point of vulnerability
Finnish lukkarinrakkaus, heikko kohta
- lukkarinrakkaussentimental fondness or affection
- heikko kohtapoint of vulnerability
- heikkouspoint of vulnerability
French faible, point faible
- faiblesentimental fondness or affection
- point faiblepoint of vulnerability
German Faible, Schwäche
- Faiblesentimental fondness or affection
- Schwächesentimental fondness or affection
- Schwachstellepoint of vulnerability
Icelandic veikleiki, veikur punktur
- veikleikisentimental fondness or affection
- veikur punkturpoint of vulnerability
- veikur bletturpoint of vulnerability
- snöggur bletturpoint of vulnerability
Italian debole
- debolesentimental fondness or affection
Japanese 弱点, 弱み
- 弱点 (jakuten)point of vulnerability
- 弱み (yowami)point of vulnerability
Polish czułe miejsce
- czułe miejscesentimental fondness or affection
Romanian punct vulnerabil
- punct vulnerabilpoint of vulnerability
Russian сла́бость, уязви́мое ме́сто
- сла́бость (slábostʹ)sentimental fondness or affection
- уязви́мое ме́сто (ujazvímoje mésto)point of vulnerability
Spanish debilidad, punto débil
- debilidadsentimental fondness or affection
- punto débilpoint of vulnerability
Ukrainian сла́бкість
- сла́бкість (slábkistʹ)sentimental fondness or affection
Cite this entry
soft spot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20spot
“soft spot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20spot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft spot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20spot.
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