Examples of “sissy” in a Sentence

noun (informal, derogatory) A timid or cowardly person, especially a man or boy seen as insufficiently masculine.

• This was all part of football and if any man was such a sissy he could not stand it, then he had better seek the sidelines. — Robert Smith, Pro Football: The History of the Game and the Great Players (1963)
• Don't be a sissy — it's just a small jump.

adj Timid, cowardly, or excessively delicate.

• He was teased for wearing what the other boys called sissy clothes.