sissy
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈsɪsi/
- Slur
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nenaza (informal, ofensivo, insulto)
- Getting old is not for sissies.
- call someone a sissy
- label someone a sissy
But when you get a flag, y'all turn into the biggest sissies.
- But when you get a flag, y'all turn into the biggest sissies.
- Oh my God, you're a Sissy.
- There's still a bunch of those macho men who say go kiss my little boy and make a Sissy out of him.
- The black man is, listen, Martin Luther King was like a Sissy.
Examples
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I felt like a redneck stuck inside a prep school full of sissies.
Fiction book (1998) -
Do you think I'm some kind of sissy who's afraid of the dark?"
Fiction book (1991) -
And like, he was always calling me a sissy when we were young, you know?
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How does it make you feel, knowing your son is a sissy?
Fiction book (1993) -
You were a bit of a sissy or you were soft if you talked about your emotions...
Blog text (3) -
You think they give these to sissies?
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You're not a sissy, Dino.
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- I'm no sissy.
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Don't be a sissy.
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The bullies called him a sissy for not joining their rough games.
Synonyms
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9.3
A person who is too afraid to try things
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9.9
A man or boy who seems weak and afraid to act
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9.9
A person who is very shy and does not speak up
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9.9
A man or boy who is not brave and does not stand up for himself
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9.9
A person, often a man, who seems weak, afraid, or easily upset
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9.9
An insulting word for someone who is weak or too afraid to act
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9.0
A person who others in a group see as the least able or not brave
Antonyms
How Brave
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sissy comes from sis meaning 'sister' and from a childish name sissy for a girl. People began calling boys a sissy to say they were 'like a girl' or weak, so today it is used as an insult for a boy or man seen as cowardly or not strong.