sissified

Example Sentences

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Just like sissified Austin Democrats to whine about a dead coyote, right?

From Salon

"I have never quite got over the fact that I thought, and I'm afraid I still do think, that 'acting' for a man — a really proper man — is sissified and faintly ridiculous."

From Time

In other letters, the Welsh-born actor confesses that he believes acting, for a man, is "sissified and faintly ridiculous" and talks of how he wished he had chosen the life of a writer.

From Reuters

All three worry about being seen as noise cranks, and viewed as sissified in their dislike of cacophony.

From New York Times

Allison, always ready to curl his lips over anything sissified, sat watching him gravely.

From Project Gutenberg