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sissy
[sis-ee]
noun
plural
sissiesDisparaging and Offensive.an effeminate boy or man.
a timid or cowardly person.
a sister, especially a younger sister.
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sissy.
sissy
/ ˈɪɪ /
noun
an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man
adjective
Also (informal or dialect): sissified. cissified.effeminate, weak, or cowardly
Other Word Forms
- sissyish adjective
- sissiness noun
- sissyness noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The next year, China banned “sissy men and other abnormal aesthetics” from broadcast television.
In high school, I was known as the sissy kid with liberal politics who loved Jesus.
It made us sissies and tomboys, villains and monsters, tragic victims and sexless bystanders for decades before the relatively recent, hard-won introduction of complex, multilayered queer leads.
“It shows that ‘sissy’ can come in any form.
Backstage in the green room Ferrell’s band, whose members have taken to calling her “sissy” — the Southernism for “sister” — mugged for the camera, taking selfies to send back home to Nashville.
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