as in feminine
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women
learned the hard way that using the recommended safety gear was sensible, not sissified
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Adjective
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The white dress was designed with subtle botanical embroidery, emphasizing the overall feminine styling of the look.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025 -
There is an enduring punk rock persona too, with some more subversive, feminine details.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Phil initially teases Peter for being weak and effeminate.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
25 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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
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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
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“Sissified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sissified. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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