Sissified (Adjective)
Meaning
Having unsuitable feminine qualities.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The critics argued that the new movie portrayal of the action hero had been sissified to appeal to a wider audience.
- His friends teased him for wearing a pink sweater, calling him sissified for his fashion choice.
- The coach believed that the team's sissified approach to the game was the reason for their lack of success.
- The old-fashioned notion that men should not show emotions was challenged by the sissified portrayal of masculinity in the novel.
- The actor's sissified performance in the play was met with negative reviews from the critics.