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Soft on   /sɑft ɑn/   Listen
Soft on

adjective
1.
Marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness.  Synonyms: enamored, in love, infatuated, potty, smitten, taken with.  "He was infatuated with her"






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"Soft on" Quotes from Famous Books



... work in English improved, and I earned the commendation and friendship of Mr. Cheyne. With a wisdom for which I was grateful he was careful not to give much sign of it in classes, but the fact that he was "getting soft on me" was evident enough to be regarded with suspicion. Indeed the state into which I had fallen became a matter of increasing concern to my companions, who tried every means from ridicule to sympathy, to discover its cause and shake ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... "Let Morris ask her. She'd tell him before she'd tell any of us. She's been soft on him ever since Christmas. Say, Morris, do you hear? You've got to ask Teacher if she's going to ...
— Little Citizens • Myra Kelly

... hallowing with a look; He saw the godhead in Vittoria's face Shine soft on Buonarroti's, till he took, Albeit himself God, a more godlike grace, A strength more heavenly to confront and brook All ill things coiled about his worldly race, From the bright scripture of that ...
— Studies in Song • Algernon Charles Swinburne

... of Fergus between the house and the farm-yard. The lawn was much cut up by the cattle, for the frost had turned to rain early in the evening, and a rapid thaw was in progress. The ground was quite soft on the surface, and it was carefully scrutinised for traces of footsteps, but nothing could be distinguished among the hoof-prints of ...
— Stories by English Authors: Ireland • Various



Words linked to "Soft on" :   loving



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