sissy (redirected from sissier)

sis·sy  (ss)

n. pl. sis·sies

1. A boy or man regarded as effeminate.

2. A person regarded as timid or cowardly.

3. Informal Sister.

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[Diminutive of sis.]

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sissi·ness, sissy·ness n.

sissy adj.

sissy·ish adj.

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sissy, cissy [ˈsɪsɪ]

n pl -sies

an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man

adj

Also (informal or dialect) 'sissi"fied, 'cissi"fied effeminate, weak, or cowardly

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sissy - a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive milksop, Milquetoast, pantywaist, pansy coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
Adj.	1.	sissy - having unsuitable feminine qualities cissy, effeminate, emasculate, sissified, sissyish, epicene unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly - not possessing qualities befitting a man

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sissy cissy

noun

wimp, softie (informal), weakling, baby, wet (Brit. informal), coward (informal), jessie (Scot. slang), pansy, pussy (slang, chiefly U.S.), pussycat (Brit. informal), mummy's boy, mollycoddle, namby-pamby, wuss (slang), milksop, milquetoast (U.S.), sisspot (informal) They were rough kids and thought we were sissies.

adjective

wimpish or wimpy (informal), wimp, soft (informal), weak, wet (Brit. informal), cowardly, feeble, unmanly, effeminate, namby-pamby, wussy (slang), sissified (informal) Far from being sissy, it takes a real man to admit he's not perfect.

Translations

sissy [ˈsɪsɪ] N

1. (= effeminate) → marica m, mariquita m
the last one's a sissy! → ¡maricón el último!

2. (= coward) → gallina f

sissy [ˈsɪsi] n

(= coward) → poule f mouillée

(= effeminate boy or man) → chochotte f

sissy (inf)

n → Waschlappen m (inf), → Memme f

adj

→ weibisch, verweichlicht; a sissy man → ein Schlappschwanz m (inf), → ein Weichei m (inf); poetry is sissy stuff → Gedichte sind Weiberkram (inf)

(= cowardly) → feig(e)

sissy [ˈsɪsɪ] n (fam, pej) → femminuccia

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sissy [ˈsɪsɪ] n (fam, pej) → femminuccia