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soft touch

NOUN
gullible person
Synonyms
STRONG
easy mark
WEAK
bleeding heart easy pickings easy touch prize sap pushover softie sucker
ADJECTIVE
generous; gullible
Synonyms
STRONG
easily taken in generous gullible large-hearted liberal magnanimous unstinting

Example Sentences

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In a nation of noisy confrontationalists—the skillful soft touch replaced by the swing of a folding chair—reason is routinely drowned out by the loudest voices in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

The mass brawl at the final whistle, coupled with a brilliant Euro 2025 quarter-final victory over Spain on Saturday, removed any doubt these Young Lions could be a soft touch.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

They didn’t intend to subsidize the state’s soft touch.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2025

Gov. Andy Beshear often seems like a soft touch.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

And very slowly under that soft touch Ged roused.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin