SISSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sissy mean? 

• SISSY (noun)
  The noun SISSY has 1 sense:

1. a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

  Familiarity information: SISSY used as a noun is very rare.

• SISSY (adjective)
  The adjective SISSY has 1 sense:

1. having unsuitable feminine qualities

  Familiarity information: SISSY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

milksop; Milquetoast; pansy; pantywaist; sissy

Hypernyms ("sissy" is a kind of...):

coward (a person who shows fear or timidity)

• SISSY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having unsuitable feminine qualities

Synonyms:

cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish

Similar:

unmanful; unmanlike; unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)

Derivation:

sissiness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))