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Definition of "sissyish" []

  • Having unsuitable feminine qualities (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "sissyish" in a sentence
  • "Bella knew some little girls in the house, but in a ceremonious way; Tom had formed no friendships among the boys at school such as he had left in Boston; as nearly as he could explain, the New York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast."
  • "York fellows carried canes at an age when they would have had them broken for them by the other boys at Boston; and they were both sissyish and fast."
  • "But at least two of the other portraits seem positively sissyish."