softy

S1O1F4T1Y4

noun

A weak or sentimental person.

Similar
nestle-cocksissywussbig girl's blousecandy-arsecandy-asscrybabymilksop
OriginEnglish soft ← Middle English softe ← Old English sōfte →
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Meanings

nounsofty (plural softies)

plural softies · alternative softie

  1. derogatoryinformalmildlyoccasionally endearingA weak or sentimental person.

    Synonyms: nestle-cock, sissy, wuss, big girl's blouse, candy-arse, candy-ass, crybaby, milksop

  2. informalSomebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish.
  3. slangcomputingA software expert who is ignorant of the workings of hardware.
  4. CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalA soft drink containing no alcohol.
  5. informalA soft toy.
  6. slangA flaccid state of the penis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA weak or sentimental person.

Similar
nestle-cocksissywussbig girl's blousecandy-arsecandy-asscrybabymilksopmilquetoastnambynamby-pambynestle-cockpansypantywaistpoonpunkpushoverpussysissy

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who is weak and excessively sentimental

Similar
softie
Broader
weaklingdoormatwuss
Also see
candy-assmilksopmilquetoastnamby-pambynestle-cockpansypantywaistpoonpushoversoftiesoft touchweeniewimp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  2. Proto-Germanic*samþuz /*samftuz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  4. Old Englishsōfte
  5. Middle Englishsofte
  6. Englishsoft
  7. Englishsofty

From soft + -y.

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Translations

Finnish nynny, pehmo
  • nynnyweak or sentimental person
  • pehmoweak or sentimental person
  • pehmoilijaweak or sentimental person
German Softie
  • Softieweak or sentimental person
Irish leibide
  • leibideweak or sentimental person
Italian femminuccia, tenerone
  • femminucciaweak or sentimental person
  • teneroneweak or sentimental person
  • teneronaweak or sentimental person
Russian слаба́к, тря́пка
  • слаба́к (slabák)weak or sentimental person
  • тря́пка (trjápka)weak or sentimental person
Spanish sentimental, buenazo
  • sentimentalweak or sentimental person
  • buenazosomebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish
  • bonachónsomebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish
Swedish mjukis, mjukis
  • mjukisweak or sentimental person
  • mjukissomebody who finds it difficult to scold or punish
Cite this entry
APA

softy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softy

MLA

“softy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “softy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/softy.

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