Definitions
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having unsuitable feminine qualities
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sissyish.
Examples
-
Bella knew some little girls in the house, but in a ceremonious way; Tom had formed no friendships among the boys at school such as he had left in Boston; as nearly as he could explain, the New York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
-
York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 4 William Dean Howells 1878
-
York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast.
A Hazard of New Fortunes — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
-
But at least two of the other portraits seem positively sissyish.
NYT > Home Page By CHARLES McGRATH 2011
-
But at least two of the other portraits seem positively sissyish.
NYT > Home Page By CHARLES McGRATH 2011
-
Because one look at how the man plays the game is sufficient to destroy that old myth that gay men are uniformly effeminate, sissyish and, above all, instantly recognisable.
-
Edith B, I just checked a dictionary and found three derivative words listed below "sissy": the noun sissiness and the adjectives sissified and sissyish.
-
60A: Far from macho (sissyish) - your made-up word of the day.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.