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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Recent Examples of sissy
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sissy
Adjective
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Floral and lace prints, often in transparent fabrics, revealed boning and hoop skirt structures, and mutton sleeves added to the feminine innocence that prevailed.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Contrast feminine elements, like a lacy slip dress and embroidered ballerinas, with an oversized boyish button-up for a well-balanced look.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
27 June 2025
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With rising apprehension, the Cabinet kept deliberating for a couple of days while Sumner did his best to shut down jingoistic rhetoric in the Senate from politicians who demanded that Lincoln not be a coward in the face of Great Britain.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Because these cowards fear being doxed for their inhumane and unconscionable actions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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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“Sissy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sissy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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