SISSY - 7 definitions found
sissy adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy] n 1: a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive [syn: sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) sissy noun (plural sissies) Etymology: sis Date: 1891 an effeminate man or boy; also a timid or cowardly person • sissy adjective Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary sissy also cissy (sissies) Some people, especially men, describe a boy as a sissy when they disapprove of him because he does not like rough, physical activities or is afraid to do things which might be dangerous. (INFORMAL) They were rough kids, and thought we were sissies... N-COUNT [disapproval] English Explanatory Dictionary sissy ˈsɪsɪ n. & adj. (also cissy) colloq. --n. (pl. -ies) an effeminate or cowardly person. --adj. (sissier, sissiest) effeminate; cowardly. øøsissified adj. sissiness n. sissyish adj. [SIS + -Y(2)] English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) sissy ˈsɪsɪ n. milksop, mama's boy, mummy's boy, namby-pamby, weakling, baby, cry-baby, mollycoddle, US milquetoast, Colloq softie or softy, Brit wet: The boy you remember from school as a sissy is now a football star. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 130 Moby Thesaurus words for "sissy": Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, afraid, aunt, auntie, baby, big baby, blood brother, brethren, brother, bub, bubba, bud, buddy, chicken, chicken liver, chickenhearted, country cousin, cousin, cousin once removed, cousin twice removed, coward, cowardly, cowed, cream puff, crybaby, daughter, daunted, dismayed, doormat, dull tool, effeminate, epicene, fainthearted, father, fearful, first cousin, foster brother, fraid-cat, fraidy-cat, frater, funk, funker, funking, funky, goody-goody, grandnephew, grandniece, granduncle, great-aunt, great-uncle, gutless wonder, half brother, henhearted, intimidated, invertebrate, jellyfish, kid brother, lightweight, lily, lily liver, lily-livered, meek soul, milk-livered, milksop, milksoppish, milksoppy, mollycoddle, mother, mouse, mousy, muliebrous, namby-pamby, nance, nancy, nebbish, nephew, niece, nonentity, nuncle, nunks, nunky, old woman, old-womanish, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pansy, pantywaist, pigeonhearted, prissy, pushover, rabbity, sad sack, scaredy-cat, second cousin, sis, sissified, sissyish, sister, sister-german, sistern, soft, softling, softy, son, sop, stepbrother, stepsister, timid, timorous, unc, uncle, uncs, unmanly, unmanned, uterine brother, weak, weak sister, weak-kneed, weakhearted, weakling, wet, white feather, white liver, white-livered, womanish, yellow |
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