sissy
noun
[ ˈsɪsi ]
• a person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
• "he would hate the other boys to think he was a sissy"
Similar:
coward,
weakling,
namby-pamby,
crybaby,
baby,
milquetoast,
softie,
snowflake,
chicken,
milksop,
mummy's boy,
wet,
weed,
big girl's blouse,
jessie,
ponce,
pantywaist,
cupcake,
pussy,
sook,
poltroon,
sissy
adjective
• feeble and cowardly.
Similar:
cowardly,
weak,
feeble,
spineless,
effeminate,
effete,
limp-wristed,
womanish,
unmanly,
soft,
wet,
weedy,
wimpish,
wimpy,
sissyish,
sissified,
swishy,
yellow,
yellow-bellied,
candy-assed,
Origin:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sister’): from sis1 + -y2.
