Mary said that Tom was a sissy.
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Sissy
//ˈsɪsi//
Synonyms for "sissy" (201 found)
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13 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
103 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مخنَّث adj (effeminate)
- مخنَّث noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Armenian
2 entries- ղզիկ noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- ղզօղլան noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Bulgarian
3 entries- женствен adj (effeminate)
- страхлив adj (cowardly)
- мамино детенце noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Catalan
1 entries- marieta noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Cebuano
4 entries- bayoti adj (effeminate)
- bayoti adj (cowardly)
- bayoti noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- bayoti noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 乸型 noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 女人氣的 /女人气的 noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- 女人般的 noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- 娘娘腔 noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- 懦夫 noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Danish
2 entries- skvat noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- svækling noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Dutch
2 entries- mietje noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- mietje noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Finnish
4 entries- akkamainen adj (effeminate)
- raukkamainen adj (cowardly)
- hintti noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- mammanpoika noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
French
4 entries- chochotte noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- chochotte noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- fifi noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- gonzesse noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Galician
4 entries- amullerado noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- efeminado noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- efeminado noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- marica noun (an effeminate boy or man)
German
2 entries- Jammerlappen noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- Weichling noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Irish
1 entries- piteogach adj (effeminate)
Italian
4 entries- cacasotto noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- codardo noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- coniglio noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- debole noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Japanese
3 entries- いくじなし noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- シスターボーイ noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- 弱虫 noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Macedonian
1 entries- женско петле noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Navajo
1 entries- ashkii tsaʼii noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Norwegian
1 entries- Pyse noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Polish
4 entries- cipa noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- cipa noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- cipka noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- cipka noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Portuguese
3 entries- bicha noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- boiola noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- maricas noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜ਼ਨਾਨਡ਼ਾ noun (an effeminate boy or man)
Russian
4 entries- ба́ба noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- не́женка noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- слаба́к noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
- ссыку́н noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Spanish
2 entries- afeminado noun (an effeminate boy or man)
- calzonazos noun (a timid, unassertive or cowardly person)
Swedish
4 entries- feg adj (cowardly)
- fjollig adj (effeminate)
- fjollig adj (cowardly)
- mesig adj (cowardly)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
I dare you to call Tom a sissy.
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Why are you looking so sissy?
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Tom is a bit of a sissy.
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