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SISSY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive

Synonyms:

milksop; Milquetoast; pansy; pantywaist; sissy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

coward (a person who shows fear or timidity)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having unsuitable feminine qualities

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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

Derivation:

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

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