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/sis"euh fuyd'/, adj.sissy.[1900-05; SISSY + -FY + -ED2]
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sissified — ☆ sissified [sis′ə fīd΄ ] adj. Informal SISSY … English World dictionary
sissified — [“sisifaid] mod. effeminate; sissy style. □ Don’t act so sissified. □ I’m not comfortable in a sissified place like that … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
sissified — sissy (also cissy) informal ► NOUN (pl. sissies) ▪ a person regarded as feeble or effeminate. ► ADJECTIVE (sissier, sissiest) ▪ feeble or effeminate. DERIVATIVES sissified adjective … English terms dictionary
sissified — adjective Date: circa 1903 of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a sissy … New Collegiate Dictionary
sissified — adjective Made like a sissy. Effete … Wiktionary
sissified — Synonyms and related words: afraid, breakable, brittle, cheap jack, chicken, chickenhearted, cobwebby, coward, cowardly, cowed, crumbly, dainty, daunted, delicate, delicately weak, dismayed, effeminate, epicene, fainthearted, fearful, flimsy,… … Moby Thesaurus
sissified — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, epicene, feminine, sissyish, unmanly, womanish. See GENDER … English dictionary for students
sissified — adj. (Informal) effeminate, sissy, lacking stereotypically masculine qualities (derogatory) … English contemporary dictionary
sissified — sis·si·fied … English syllables
sissified — sis•si•fied [[t]ˈsɪs əˌfaɪd[/t]] adj. sissy • Etymology: 1900–05 … From formal English to slang
