sissyish

Questions about sissyish

What does sissyish mean?

sissyish means "having unsuitable feminine qualities".

How many syllables are in sissyish?

sissyish has 2 syllables: sis-syish. The stress falls on "sis".

What is another word for sissyish?

Close synonyms include effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sissyish a common word?

sissyish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.