soft spot
Affection despite judgment
A soft spot is a place of vulnerability or tenderness.
The literal soft spot is the fontanelle on an infant's skull before the bones fuse.
Figuratively, to have a soft spot for someone or something is to feel particular affection or weakness toward them: She has a soft spot for stray cats.
A soft spot in an argument or plan is a weak point that can be exploited.
Warm liking or affection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
preference · liking · warmth · caring · devotion · cherish · favoritism · bias
Deficiency in force
- chinkNarrow slit or clink
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- liabilityLegal or financial obligation
underbelly · gap · flaw · shortcoming · deficiency · insecurity · fragility · raw nerve
Longing for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
heartstrings · bittersweet · poignancy · melancholy · misty-eyed · emotional · pathos · old times
fondness
Warm liking or affection
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
partiality · preference · liking · warmth · caring · devotion · cherish · favoritism · bias · predilection
weakness
Deficiency in force
- chinkNarrow slit or clink
- susceptibilityLiability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
liability · underbelly · gap · flaw · shortcoming · deficiency · insecurity · fragility · raw nerve · weak link
fontanelle
Infant cranial membrane gap
cranium · membrane · crown · newborn · ossification
nostalgia
Longing for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
reminiscence · heartstrings · bittersweet · poignancy · melancholy · misty-eyed · emotional · pathos · old times · sappiness
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- Hydrocephalushydrocephalus, CSF, shunt, ICP, ETV
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- baby carebottles, bottle feeding, pacifiers, cribs, baby oil
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- fondnessaffection, liking, fondness, tenderness, caring
soft spotheart of stone
Total lack of compassion
cold heart · thick skin · imperviousness · resistance · immunity
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