Synonyms

womanize

American

[woom-uh-nahyz] / ˈwʊm əˌnaɪz /

especially British, womanise

verb (used with object)

to make effeminate.

verb (used without object)

to pursue or court women habitually.

womanize British

/ ˈwʊməˌnaɪz /

verb

(intr) (of a man) to indulge in many casual affairs with women; philander
(tr) to make effeminate

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Origin of womanize

First recorded in 1585–95; woman + -ize

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womanize womanized womanizing

“Out! Out! Out! Leave me be and go womanize someone else!”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

The flesh and spirit of femininity surround him from the first like the four walls of a house; and even the vaguest or most brutal man has been womanized by being born.

From What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

A softening shade has womanized the bold brow of Madge, and her red lip has a more subdued tint.

From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

He was dissatisfied, and to her hearing it was hardly in the tone of manliness that he entreated her to reassure him; he womanized his language.

From The Egoist by George Meredith

Charlie, meanwhile, sets out to ensure that Lady Jemima’s suitor, the ne’er-do-well Thomas Smythe-Roberts, is revealed as a womanizing cad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

In his research, Shakespeare sagely quotes Fleming’s friend Ernest Cuneo, who saw the genesis of Bond’s womanizing character in Fleming’s ill-fated relationship with Monique.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2024

“Lady Killer” stars the leonine Jean Gabin as Lucien, a womanizing legionnaire.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2023

“There’s this shift from the view of the chef as the macho, womanizing Marco Pierre White brute to, like, ‘Hey, I’m a nerdy tinkerer... and I love taking things apart and putting them back together.’”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 11, 2023

He was also taught to regard his great-uncle, Joseph, as a fraudulent, womanizing try-hard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2021

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