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BNC: 49058 COCA: 31296

sissy

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
sissy noun
also British cissy /ˈsɪsi/
plural sissies
sissy
noun
also British cissy /ˈsɪsi/
plural sissies
Learner's definition of SISSY
[count] informal + disapproving
: a boy who is weak or who likes things that girls usually like柔弱的男孩;女孩子气的男孩
: a person who is weak and fearful懦弱胆怯的人;胆小鬼;窝囊废

— sissy

adjective
BNC: 49058 COCA: 31296

sissy

noun

sis·​sy ˈsi-sē How to pronounce sissy (audio)
plural sissies
informal + disparaging
: an effeminate man or boy
also : a timid, weak, or cowardly person
I would have to go at Walter with the violence necessary to make it a good fight or be thought a sissy by my friends. Russell Baker
sissy adjective
Back in the day, the brothers were saying, "Golf? I'm not playing no golf. I'm going to play basketball, football. Golf is a sissy sport." Stuart Scott
Although the civilian model offers sissy comforts like climate control and padded seats, the Hummer meets the same Army specifications as its battle-scarred forebear. Amy Gamerman

Example Sentences

The other kids laughed at him and called him a sissy because he didn't like sports. the candidate touts his wartime service as evidence that he is not a sissy
Recent Examples on the Web Phil immediately spots Peter as being way too soft, a sissy boy, and hazes him ruthlessly. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 2 Sep. 2021 Real Housewives, like old age in the Betty Davis adage, is not for sissies and Sutton is more of a sissy than me at 6 years old going as Truman Capote for Halloween. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 2 June 2021 There's this emphasis placed on gay people being well groomed and into high fashion, having high voices and being weak or sissies. Jeneé Osterheldt, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018 They are told not to cry because crying is for sissies. Monique Judge, The Root, 10 Jan. 2018 Giving birth isn’t for sissies, after all—and some mothers go to extremes raising their offspring. National Geographic, 13 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

sis

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sissy was in 1879
BNC: 49058 COCA: 31296

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