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sissifying

sissifying is the present participle and gerund of sissify.

Meaning of sissify

Verb

sissify (third-person singular simple present sissifies, present participle sissifying, simple past and past participle sissified)

  1. (transitive) To make sissy; to emasculate.
    • ...there does seem, from this study, basis for a not uncommon charge that American schools tend to baby and sissify the boys.1929, Society for the Advancement of Education, School & society, Volume 29

Questions about sissifying

What is sissifying the present participle and gerund of?
Sissifying is the present participle and gerund of sissify.

Words near sissifying in the dictionary

  1. sissiest
  2. sissification
  3. sissified
  4. sissifies
  5. sissify
  6. sissifying
  7. sissiness
  8. sissing
  9. Sissinghurst
  10. sissle
  11. sissled

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