| ADJECTIVE | all | sissy, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish | having unsuitable feminine qualities |
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| NOUN | person | sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast | a timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive |
| Sounds | sih'siy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | Having unsuitable feminine qualities. | |
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| Synonyms | effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish | |
| Broader | unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike | not possessing qualities befitting a man |
| Spanish | afeminado, emasculado, marica, mariquita | |
| Nouns | sissiness | the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man) |
| Meaning | A timid man or boy considered childish or unassertive. | |
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| Synonyms | pantywaist, pansy, milksop, Milquetoast | |
| Broader | coward | A person who shows fear or timidity |
| Spanish | afeminado, alfeñique, calzonazos, mantecón, mariquita, muñeco | |
| Catalan | figa-flor, marieta, nyicris | |
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