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soft spot

noun

  1. a weak or vulnerable position, place, condition, etc.:

    a soft spot in their fortifications; a soft spot in the economy.

  2. emotional susceptibility:

    a soft spot for dogs and babies.



soft spot

noun

  1. a sentimental fondness (esp in the phrase have a soft spot for )


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Word History and Origins

Origin of soft spot1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Example Sentences

Marc Webb has a soft spot for SXSW, the music/tech/film festival behemoth.

The columnist was a royal prick, but he had this soft spot for Damon Runyon, who was dying at the time.

Rhapsody: I have a soft spot for Rhapsody since I was on the founding team and still use it everyday for my on-demand music fix.

Another user named Victoria Levitt wrote that she joined the site because has a “soft spot for geeks!”

The Italians also have a soft spot for Capuchin Franciscans, who have long been known for their work with the poor.

If I cud be a haythen an' was a marryin' man, 'tis ye'er soft spot I'd like to land in f'r me declinin' days.

Fortunately Rasco landed in a tolerably soft spot, otherwise his neck would surely have been broken.

Once, treading on a soft spot near a rabbit “creep,” he suddenly felt a slight movement beneath his feet.

I believe so long as she had lived he would have kept straight; that was the only soft spot in him.

She was so tired that she curled up on a soft spot and fed the machine till it was time to go to bed.

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