...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys.
Source: wiktionary
Sissify
//ˈsɪ.səˌfaɪ//
Synonyms for "sissify" (7 found)
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7 translations across 3 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- ontmannen verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
- verwijven verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
French
2 entries- efféminer verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
- émasculer verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
German
3 entries- emaskulieren verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
- entmannen verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
- verweichlichen verb (to make sissy; to emasculate.)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The trick was to find means of positioning a male consumer which did not feminize, emasculate or sissify him.
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