womanish

[ woom-uh-nish ]

/ ˈwʊm ə nɪʃ /

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adjective

womanlike or feminine.

weakly feminine; effeminate.

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Origin of womanish

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English; see origin at woman, -ish¹

synonym study for womanish

2. See womanly.

OTHER WORDS FROM womanish

wom·an·ish·ly, adverbwom·an·ish·ness, nounun·wom·an·ish, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH womanish

effeminate, effete, feminine, womanish , womanly (see synonym study at womanly)

Words nearby womanish

womanfully, woman-hater, womanhood, woman-hour, woman in the street, womanish, womanist, womanize, womanizer, womankind, womanlike

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How to use womanish in a sentence

One of my men whom I knew for a womanish fellow, asked if he should put his bayonet through him.
5 War Books You May Not Have in Your Library|Jake Tapper|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He knew that it must be one of the womanish, hysterical, sentimental type of things which he despised.
The Butterfly House|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
One of my men, whom I knew for a womanish fellow, asked if he should put his bayonet through him.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce
His earnest devotion touched her not a little, but she felt her instinctive sympathy for him to be womanish weakness.
The White Shield|Myrtle Reed

A man could not say this out loud because sentiment was supposed to be essentially womanish.
The Master-Knot of Human Fate|Ellis Meredith
There is something essentially womanish in the irrepressible garrulity of her moral reflections.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James

British Dictionary definitions for womanish

womanish

/ (ˈwʊmənɪʃ) /

adjective

having qualities or characteristics regarded as unsuitable to a strong character of either sex, esp a man

characteristic of or suitable for a woman

Derived forms of womanish

womanishly, adverbwomanishness, noun

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womanish

Origin of womanish

synonym study for womanish

OTHER WORDS FROM womanish

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH womanish

Words nearby womanish

Words related to womanish

How to use womanish in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for womanish

Derived forms of womanish