Definition of sissy in English:

sissy

(British cissy)

nounPlural sissiesˈsɪsiˈsɪsi

informal

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy
Example sentencesExamples
- Tom thought singing was for sissies and kept his distance, but was gradually eased in.
- Balsamic vinegar isn't just for sissies and wimps.
- No room for cissies in the Association, said they.
- I screamed like a sissy when I was trapped with all those spiders.
- Weapons are for sissies who can't fight with bare hands.
- Luke grinned, and started singing, ‘Gerald is a sissy.’
- If we're not macho thugs, we're ineffectual sissies.
- Don't be a sissy, go with him, his inner voice rebuked.
- Dr Tiplady, the local physician, once found me running home in tears, and told the the boys who were chasing me that I was just a big sissy.
- The only items on the menu would be chicken-fried steak and beer, and anyone who tried to order vegetables would be laughed at and called a sissy.
Synonyms
coward, weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, namby-pamby, crybaby, baby
informal weed, softie, nancy, nancy boy, pansy, ponce, mollycoddle, chicken
British informal wet, mummy's boy, big girl's blouse, jessie, yellow-belly, funk
North American informal pantywaist, cupcake, pussy
Australian/New Zealand informal sook
South African informal moffie
archaic poltroon

adjectivesissiest, sissierˈsɪsiˈsɪsi

informal

Feeble and cowardly.
Example sentencesExamples
- If you're looking for a place to drink ale and not sissy drinks, come here.
- It seems un-British, somehow, and we don't have cissy things like that.
- He deemed it necessary to make statements that conveyed the basic message that saving bunnies was wimpy, sissy stuff.
- They go out dancing and drive around on sissy motorbikes and see who can grow their hair the longest.
- Well, I love to hear the throaty growl of the diesel engines as they warn vans and sissy pick-ups to get out of the way.
- Most kids are brought up to regard cricket as a sissy game, most kids never even get to play.
Synonyms
cowardly, weak, feeble, spineless, effeminate, effete, limp-wristed, womanish, unmanly, soft
informal wet, weedy, wimpish, wimpy, sissyish, queeny, sissified, swishy, yellow, yellow-bellied
North American informal candy-assed

Derivatives

sissified

adjectiveˈsɪsɪfʌɪdˈsɪsəˌfaɪd

informal

Effeminate, weak, or cowardly.
a soft sissified manner and voice
Example sentencesExamples
- today's sissified, politically correct environment
- High jump, already sissified by the use of an airbed to land on instead of the traditional sandpit, will be banned altogether.
- By the close of the nineteenth century, a recognizably masculine ideal had emerged in contradistinction to effeminate or sissified males.
- He has a soft sissified manner and voice.

sissiness

noun

informal

His fans insisted that his naturalism and his underplaying refuted any residual sissiness that might be associated with acting.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is sissiness that frightens, enrages and offends the men.
- I sat down with the only female recruiter in the office, in the hopes that she'd be less inclined to perceive my general sissiness than her male counterparts.

sissyish

adjective

informal

Born in Ohio, he had an uneven boyhood, curiously dyslexic yet smart, sissyish in team sports but very competent athletically in individual competition.
Example sentencesExamples
- While he was fond of the theatre, he was wary of music as bordering on the sissyish.
- Doting mothers adored the clothes, and the long flowing curls, but their sons did not like them at all, and found them uncomfortable and sissyish.
- Their style was meant to symbolize tough, patriotic, working-class attitudes in contrast to the supposedly sissyish, pacifist, middle-class views of the hippies.
- For him, all that dancing was a sissyish waste of calories.

Origin

Mid 19th century (in the sense 'sister'): from sis¹ + -y².

This was originally a pet form of sister (Old English) but soon came to be used in the sense ‘effeminate person, coward’.

Rhymes

Chrissie, Cissy, kissy, missy, prissy

Definition of sissy in US English:

sissy

(British cissy)

nounˈsɪsiˈsisē

informal

A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Tom thought singing was for sissies and kept his distance, but was gradually eased in.
- If we're not macho thugs, we're ineffectual sissies.
- No room for cissies in the Association, said they.
- Don't be a sissy, go with him, his inner voice rebuked.
- Luke grinned, and started singing, ‘Gerald is a sissy.’
- Weapons are for sissies who can't fight with bare hands.
- Dr Tiplady, the local physician, once found me running home in tears, and told the the boys who were chasing me that I was just a big sissy.
- I screamed like a sissy when I was trapped with all those spiders.
- Balsamic vinegar isn't just for sissies and wimps.
- The only items on the menu would be chicken-fried steak and beer, and anyone who tried to order vegetables would be laughed at and called a sissy.
Synonyms
coward, weakling, milksop, milquetoast, namby-pamby, crybaby, baby

adjectiveˈsɪsiˈsisē

informal

Feeble and cowardly.
Example sentencesExamples
- Most kids are brought up to regard cricket as a sissy game, most kids never even get to play.
- Well, I love to hear the throaty growl of the diesel engines as they warn vans and sissy pick-ups to get out of the way.
- If you're looking for a place to drink ale and not sissy drinks, come here.
- It seems un-British, somehow, and we don't have cissy things like that.
- He deemed it necessary to make statements that conveyed the basic message that saving bunnies was wimpy, sissy stuff.
- They go out dancing and drive around on sissy motorbikes and see who can grow their hair the longest.
Synonyms
cowardly, weak, feeble, spineless, effeminate, effete, limp-wristed, womanish, unmanly, soft

Origin

Mid 19th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis + -y.

单词	sissy
释义	Definition of sissy in English: sissy (British cissy) nounPlural sissiesˈsɪsiˈsɪsi informal A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly. he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy Example sentencesExamples Tom thought singing was for sissies and kept his distance, but was gradually eased in. Balsamic vinegar isn't just for sissies and wimps. No room for cissies in the Association, said they. I screamed like a sissy when I was trapped with all those spiders. Weapons are for sissies who can't fight with bare hands. Luke grinned, and started singing, ‘Gerald is a sissy.’ If we're not macho thugs, we're ineffectual sissies. Don't be a sissy, go with him, his inner voice rebuked. Dr Tiplady, the local physician, once found me running home in tears, and told the the boys who were chasing me that I was just a big sissy. The only items on the menu would be chicken-fried steak and beer, and anyone who tried to order vegetables would be laughed at and called a sissy. Synonyms coward, weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, namby-pamby, crybaby, baby informal weed, softie, nancy, nancy boy, pansy, ponce, mollycoddle, chicken British informal wet, mummy's boy, big girl's blouse, jessie, yellow-belly, funk North American informal pantywaist, cupcake, pussy Australian/New Zealand informal sook South African informal moffie archaic poltroon adjectivesissiest, sissierˈsɪsiˈsɪsi informal Feeble and cowardly. Example sentencesExamples If you're looking for a place to drink ale and not sissy drinks, come here. It seems un-British, somehow, and we don't have cissy things like that. He deemed it necessary to make statements that conveyed the basic message that saving bunnies was wimpy, sissy stuff. They go out dancing and drive around on sissy motorbikes and see who can grow their hair the longest. Well, I love to hear the throaty growl of the diesel engines as they warn vans and sissy pick-ups to get out of the way. Most kids are brought up to regard cricket as a sissy game, most kids never even get to play. Synonyms cowardly, weak, feeble, spineless, effeminate, effete, limp-wristed, womanish, unmanly, soft informal wet, weedy, wimpish, wimpy, sissyish, queeny, sissified, swishy, yellow, yellow-bellied North American informal candy-assed Derivatives sissified adjectiveˈsɪsɪfʌɪdˈsɪsəˌfaɪd informal Effeminate, weak, or cowardly. a soft sissified manner and voice Example sentencesExamples today's sissified, politically correct environment High jump, already sissified by the use of an airbed to land on instead of the traditional sandpit, will be banned altogether. By the close of the nineteenth century, a recognizably masculine ideal had emerged in contradistinction to effeminate or sissified males. He has a soft sissified manner and voice. sissiness noun informal His fans insisted that his naturalism and his underplaying refuted any residual sissiness that might be associated with acting. Example sentencesExamples It is sissiness that frightens, enrages and offends the men. I sat down with the only female recruiter in the office, in the hopes that she'd be less inclined to perceive my general sissiness than her male counterparts. sissyish adjective informal Born in Ohio, he had an uneven boyhood, curiously dyslexic yet smart, sissyish in team sports but very competent athletically in individual competition. Example sentencesExamples While he was fond of the theatre, he was wary of music as bordering on the sissyish. Doting mothers adored the clothes, and the long flowing curls, but their sons did not like them at all, and found them uncomfortable and sissyish. Their style was meant to symbolize tough, patriotic, working-class attitudes in contrast to the supposedly sissyish, pacifist, middle-class views of the hippies. For him, all that dancing was a sissyish waste of calories. Origin Mid 19th century (in the sense 'sister'): from sis¹ + -y². This was originally a pet form of sister (Old English) but soon came to be used in the sense ‘effeminate person, coward’. Rhymes Chrissie, Cissy, kissy, missy, prissy Definition of sissy in US English: sissy (British cissy) nounˈsɪsiˈsisē informal A person regarded as effeminate or cowardly. Example sentencesExamples Tom thought singing was for sissies and kept his distance, but was gradually eased in. If we're not macho thugs, we're ineffectual sissies. No room for cissies in the Association, said they. Don't be a sissy, go with him, his inner voice rebuked. Luke grinned, and started singing, ‘Gerald is a sissy.’ Weapons are for sissies who can't fight with bare hands. Dr Tiplady, the local physician, once found me running home in tears, and told the the boys who were chasing me that I was just a big sissy. I screamed like a sissy when I was trapped with all those spiders. Balsamic vinegar isn't just for sissies and wimps. The only items on the menu would be chicken-fried steak and beer, and anyone who tried to order vegetables would be laughed at and called a sissy. Synonyms coward, weakling, milksop, milquetoast, namby-pamby, crybaby, baby adjectiveˈsɪsiˈsisē informal Feeble and cowardly. Example sentencesExamples Most kids are brought up to regard cricket as a sissy game, most kids never even get to play. Well, I love to hear the throaty growl of the diesel engines as they warn vans and sissy pick-ups to get out of the way. If you're looking for a place to drink ale and not sissy drinks, come here. It seems un-British, somehow, and we don't have cissy things like that. He deemed it necessary to make statements that conveyed the basic message that saving bunnies was wimpy, sissy stuff. They go out dancing and drive around on sissy motorbikes and see who can grow their hair the longest. Synonyms cowardly, weak, feeble, spineless, effeminate, effete, limp-wristed, womanish, unmanly, soft Origin Mid 19th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis + -y.
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