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Meanings of sissiness in English
Spanish
pluma The trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Synonyms
Examples for "softness"
Examples for "softness"
1
Despite the softness of her voice, the words carried to the others.
2
The rugged fortress lay swathed in the softness of the creamy light.
3
But the softness is there; everything in this twilight temple is soft.
4
The first confused hardness with progress; the second confused softness with progress.
5
I heard the softness in her voice when she mentioned your name.
1
A language of exhaustless variety; strong without ruggedness, and flexible without effeminacy.
2
Yet, in spite of all this effeminacy, the appearance of Edward IV.
3
These two Italian abbes were ne plus ultras in luxury and effeminacy.
4
Grecian refinement was no longer despised; Grecian effeminacy had not yet prevailed.
5
The ex-commercial traveller was astonished at the effeminacy engendered by provincial life.
1
Does that excuse your unmanliness, your-youmight have killed her, you know.
2
The unmanliness of his tone was so dreadful a disillusion.
3
We rightly ascribe this sort of contentment to mere unmanliness and want of spirit.
4
The feeling of unmanliness in his own position tortured him into a mood of perversity.
5
But to-day I taunted my soul with its unmanliness till it rose in rebellion against me.
1
Anointed and fragrant as an Asiatic despot, the strong Ulysses would sometimes revolt against this effeminateness.
2
To all appearances equally removed from effeminateness and brutality, he was subject, nevertheless, to accesses of both.
3
Bennington was handsome, and, but for his father's blood, the idleness of his forebears would have marked him with effeminateness.
4
"Also, there is a certain effeminateness in the way in which you speak," said Pembroke.
1
We need a new word for laddishness, for this is womanishness nowadays.
2
There was no limit to his womanishness.
3
Even in the agony of my awakening consciousness I felt the inevitable sting of shame at my weakness and womanishness.
4
Yes; you sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanishness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly.
Usage of sissiness in English
1
Men no longer regard creased trousers, nicely tied cravats, well-chosen collars, and harmonious color combinations as signs of sissiness, snobbishness, or weak-mindedness.
2
It was fun for them, besides they felt it would be a service to knock out some of the Boston "sissiness."