cissy

Meaning of cissy

noun
  1. a person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
    he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy

adjective

feeble and cowardly.

mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis1 + -y2.

Information about cissy

  • The plural form of cissy is: cissies.
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Hyphenation of cissy

cissy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • cissy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

cissy synonyms

Meaning effeminate:

effeminate, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissyish, sissy

Meaning a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things:

coward

Meaning an ineffectual or cowardly person:

weakling

Meaning a person, especially a child, who sheds tears frequently or readily:

crybaby

Meaning a very young child:

baby

Meaning a timid or feeble person:

milquetoast

Meaning a soft-hearted, weak, or sentimental person:

softie

Meaning a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry:

snowflake

Meaning a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one:

chicken

Meaning a person who is indecisive and lacks courage:

milksop

Meaning a person lacking forcefulness or strength of character:

wet

Meaning a wild plant growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants:

weed

Meaning an effeminate, weak, or oversensitive man:

jessie

Meaning a pretentious, affected, or effete man:

ponce

Meaning a feeble or effeminate man:

pantywaist

Meaning a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper container and typically iced:

cupcake

Meaning a cat:

pussy

Meaning a female crab:

sook

Meaning an utter coward:

poltroon

Meaning lacking courage:

cowardly

Meaning lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy:

weak

Meaning lacking strength of character:

feeble

Meaning weak and purposeless:

spineless

Meaning weak or effeminate (typically used of a man):

effete

Meaning (of a man) effeminate; unmanly:

womanish

Meaning not manly:

unmanly

Meaning easy to mould, cut, compress, or fold; not hard or firm to the touch:

soft

Meaning containing or covered with many weeds:

weedy

Meaning weak and cowardly or unadventurous:

wimpish

Meaning weak and cowardly or feeble:

wimpy

Meaning making a swishing sound or movement:

swishy

Meaning not brave; cowardly:

yellow

Translation of cissy

Words that rhyme with cissy

Issy, Cissy, gneissy, hissy, kissy, Lissy, Melissy, Palissy, Missy, missy, Nissy, spissy, Chrissy, Crissy, Krissy, Prissy, prissy, Sissy, sissy

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