womanish
Americanadjective
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womanlike or feminine.
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weakly feminine; effeminate.
adjective
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having qualities or characteristics regarded as unsuitable to a strong character of either sex, esp a man
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characteristic of or suitable for a woman
Related Words
See womanly.
Other Word Forms
- unwomanish adjective
- womanishly adverb
- womanishness noun
Etymology
Origin of womanish
Example Sentences
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As twists go, that’s a hackneyed one, given that Murder on the Orient Express did the “small dark man with a womanish voice” thing ages ago.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018
Spinoza claimed that human reluctance to slaughter animals is “founded rather on vain superstition and womanish pity than on sound reason.”
From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014
Isabella in Measure for Measure is interesting but, I think, still a victim; she takes a very womanish ethical stance – that of her chastity – to exercise power.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2012
When he first dons the white burnoose of a princely Bedouin, he takes an almost womanish delight in his new finery.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a northerner, with black curls that verged on womanish, an effect he tempered with his carefully tended beard.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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