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adjective

Definition of sissynext
as in feminine
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women thought it was sissy for a boy to like flowers

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sissy

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noun

ˈsi-sē How to pronounce sissy (audio)
as in coward
a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger the candidate touts his wartime service as evidence that he is not a sissy

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Recent Examples of sissy
Noun
Nikki has bikes for two personalities—a cream-and-green-colored ’86 Heritage with an FLH front end and knucklebars; and an ’89 Springer Softail with a tiny tank, ape-hangers, a sissy-bar, and turned-up pipes, painted white with flames. — Dean Kuipers, SPIN, 8 Jan. 2023 Her little sister’s third birthday, then my 27th birthday, our Christmas Eve tradition, the first time in seven years of not seeing or hearing the excitement opening gifts from Santa and sissy. — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sissy
  1. feminine
  2. coward
  3. effeminate
  4. unmanly
Adjective
  • Intersex people have chromosomes and/or reproductive organs that do not fit into a binary male or female classification, while two-spirit refers to members of Indigenous cultures who identify as having both a masculine and feminine spirit.
    — Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Heels may be a more elegant solution, but the taboo remains — despite the fact that many heeled styles seen as daring on men aren’t actually feminine at all, Semmelhack noted.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of feminine
Noun
  • The Real Madrid forward reportedly referred to Messi and his teammates as cowards for retreating to the dressing room after Brazilian police attacked a section of Argentine fans.
    — Felipe Cardenas, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The employees are spoiled and the investors are cowards.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
Definition of coward
Adjective
  • So in a move that no one had approved, Wayans put on an effeminate voice for the character in hopes Executive Producer Lorne Michaels would be angry.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.
    — Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of effeminate
Adjective
  • In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.
    — Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?
    — Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018
Definition of unmanly

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