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womanish
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of WOMANISH
1
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities considered more suitable for women <such displays of emotion were once considered womanish and unseemly for a man>
2
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women <she had a womanish gentleness, especially when dealing with children, that he loved>
Related Words girlie (or girly), girlish; effeminate, effete, epicene, sissified, sissy, unmanly; ladylike; distaff, petticoat; ultrafeminine
Near Antonyms boyish, hoydenish, tomboyish; male, manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile; androgynous, neuter; Amazonian, butch; hairy-chested, hypermasculine, macho
Antonyms unfeminine, unwomanly
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