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What is the adjective for sissiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs sissy and sissify which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sissy
  1. (pejorative) Effeminate.
  2. (pejorative) Cowardly.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. effeminate, effete, sissified, limp-wristed, queeny, sissyish, namby-pamby, unmanly, unmasculine, epicene, camp, feminine, womanish, girlish, campy, soft, pansy-like, foppish, womanly, pansyish, poncey, niminy-piminy, girly, emasculate, mincing, womanlike, fruity, unmanful, unmanlike, pansified, nancy, posturing, swish, affected, chichi, milksoppish, dainty, precious, dandyish, la-di-da, lah-di-dah, chi-chi, too-too, weak, cowardly, feeble, wet, wimpish, spineless … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It takes all kinds of men to make up the male universe. Some are brawny hunks while others are sissy men who also have special places in society.”
      “They would be stigmatized as weak and sissy, become scapegoats, and generally be socially maladjusted in their surroundings.”
sissified
  1. Made like a sissy; effete.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. effeminate, effete, sissy, epicene, feminine, sissyish, unmanly, unmasculine, queeny, womanish, camp, girlish, campy, pansyish, namby-pamby, womanly, limp-wristed, pansy-like, foppish, emasculate, girly, soft, womanlike, poncey, fruity, niminy-piminy, unmanful, unmanlike, pansified, nancy, mincing, posturing, swish, affected, milksoppish, chichi, dainty, precious, dandyish, la-di-da, lah-di-dah, chi-chi, too-too … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A soft sissified manner and voice.”
sissyish
  1. Like a sissy.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, camp, campy, epicene, sissified, sissy, pansyish, feminine, womanish, womanlike, womanly, queeny, soft, limp-wristed, namby-pamby, foppish, mincing, pansified, poncey, posturing, swish, affected, fruity, girly, girlish, nancy, milksoppish, niminy-piminy, pansy-like, emasculate, unmanful, unmanlike, chichi, dainty, precious, dandyish, la-di-da, lah-di-dah, chi-chi, too-too … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She wanted him to become both an athlete and a successful scholar, and was disappointed with what she called his sissyish behavior.”
      “While he was fond of the theatre, he was wary of music as bordering on the sissyish.”
      “Born in Ohio, he had an uneven boyhood, curiously dyslexic yet smart, sissyish in team sports but very competent athletically in individual competition.”
sissier
  1. comparative form of sissy: more sissy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. queenier, more effeminate, more effete, more sissified, more limp-wristed, more sissyish, more namby-pamby, unmanlier, more unmasculine, camper, more feminine, more womanish, more girlish, campier, softer, more foppish, womanlier, more poncey, more niminy-piminy, girlier, more emasculate, more mincing, more womanlike, fruitier, more unmanlike, more unmanful, more pansified, more chichi, more affected, swisher, more dandyish, daintier, more precious, more milksoppish, more la-di-da, more lah-di-dah, weaker, cowardlier, feebler, wetter, weedier, wimpier, swishier, wussier, yellower, more wimpish, more spineless, more candy-assed, more yellow-bellied … more
sissiest
  1. superlative form of sissy: most sissy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. queeniest, most effeminate, most effete, most sissified, most limp-wristed, most sissyish, most namby-pamby, unmanliest, most unmasculine, campest, most feminine, most womanish, most girlish, campiest, softest, most foppish, womanliest, most poncey, most niminy-piminy, girliest, most emasculate, most mincing, most womanlike, fruitiest, most unmanlike, most unmanful, most pansified, most chichi, most affected, swishest, most precious, daintiest, most dandyish, most milksoppish, most la-di-da, most lah-di-dah, weakest, cowardliest, feeblest, wettest, weediest, wimpiest, swishiest, wussiest, yellowest, most wimpish, most spineless, most candy-assed, most yellow-bellied … more
sissied
  1. simple past tense and past participle of sissy
sissying
  1. present participle of sissy
sissifying
  1. present participle of sissify
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