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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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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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
Phil immediately spots Peter as being way too soft, a sissy boy, and hazes him ruthlessly.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
Real Housewives, like old age in the Betty Davis adage, is not for sissies and Sutton is more of a sissy than me at 6 years old going as Truman Capote for Halloween.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 June 2021
There's this emphasis placed on gay people being well groomed and into high fashion, having high voices and being weak or sissies.
—Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
They are told not to cry because crying is for sissies.
—Monique Judge, The Root, 10 Jan. 2018
Giving birth isn’t for sissies, after all—and some mothers go to extremes raising their offspring.
—National Geographic, 13 May 2017
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
Phil immediately spots Peter as being way too soft, a sissy boy, and hazes him ruthlessly.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
Real Housewives, like old age in the Betty Davis adage, is not for sissies and Sutton is more of a sissy than me at 6 years old going as Truman Capote for Halloween.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 June 2021
There's this emphasis placed on gay people being well groomed and into high fashion, having high voices and being weak or sissies.
—Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
They are told not to cry because crying is for sissies.
—Monique Judge, The Root, 10 Jan. 2018
Giving birth isn’t for sissies, after all—and some mothers go to extremes raising their offspring.
—National Geographic, 13 May 2017
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“Sissy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sissy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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