Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sissiness

1 sense of sissiness

Sense 1
effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, softness, womanishness, unmanliness -- (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man); "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him")
       => femininity, muliebrity -- (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women)