UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: ADJECTIVE
- Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
- Uncharacteristic of, unbecoming to, or degrading to a man, especially in not conforming to stereotypical masculine traits such as stoicism and independence.
- Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
- Of or pertaining to something not human.
- Cowardly, base.
- Not acceptable of a man.
- Not becoming of a man.
- Not possessing qualities befitting a man
- Having unsuitable feminine qualities
- Having or showing qualities or characteristics more often associated with females than males; unmanly.
- Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
- Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
- Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.
- Characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: VERB
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- To make womanly; to unman.
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: INTRANSITIVE VERB
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- To grow womanish or weak.
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: TRANSITIVE VERB
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- To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: ADVERB
- In a manner that is unmanly.
- Without qualities thought to befit a man
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UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Not manly.
- Contemptibly fearful
- Synonyms Womanish, etc. (see feminine), weak, unmanly.
- Womanlike; tender.
- Characterized by or resulting from effeminacy: as, an effeminate peace; an effeminate life.
- Having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish: applied to men.
- To grow womanish or weak; melt into weakness.
- To make womanish; unman; weaken.
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: RELATED WORDS
- Unmanful, Sissyish, Poor spirited, Cissy, Emasculate, Fearful, Pusillanimous, Timid, Epicene, Coward, Cowardly, Sissified, Womanish, Effeminate, Sissy
- Effete, Masculine, Androgynous, Female, Unmanlike, Unmanful, Sissyish, Cissy, Weak, Soft, Emasculate, Sissified, Unmanly, Sissy, Epicene
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Unmanful, Sissyish, Poor spirited, Cissy, Emasculate, Fearful, Pusillanimous, Timid, Epicene, Coward, Cowardly, Sissified, Womanish, Effeminate, Sissy
- Effete, Masculine, Androgynous, Female, Unmanlike, Unmanful, Sissyish, Cissy, Weak, Soft, Emasculate, Sissified, Unmanly, Sissy, Epicene
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- It was certainly as coarse, ignorant and unmanly a screed as I ever read, but he went to St.
- It gives insight into how the victims were perceived by the perpetrators: as weak, unmanly, dirty and smelly.
- This is in thee a nature but infected; A poor unmanly melancholy, sprung From change of fortune.
- It must be the case that these damaged men were weak, weak I say, unmanly and unworthy!
- The custom was intended to portray the prisoner as weak and unmanly.
- Which means not a single sentimental, fluffy, unmanly thought will pass our lips.
- But this would be to encourage idleness and unmanly despair.
- Haemon for unmanly shortcoming in agreeing with a lady.
- But there is nothing so unmanly as fatalism.
- Atticus thought fighting was destructive, immature and unmanly.
- Folles is also a slang term for effeminate men.
- Mahometan, cowards and effeminate into the bodies of women.
- Virginia; luxury had introduced effeminate manners and dissolute habits.
- He considered "Marion" to be effeminate, and "M.
- An effeminate courtier, accustomed to fawning and flattery?
- Chinese Americans, particularly of males: smart, subservient, effeminate.
- Soft, effeminate men are weak, cowardly, and vain.
- My men tend a little towards the effeminate.
- But there was nothing effeminate about Sandor Karpathan.
- When ye despise pleasant things, and the effeminate couch, and cannot couch far enough from the effeminate: there is the origin of your virtue.
UNMANLY vs EFFEMINATE: QUESTIONS
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- Which is the best definition of the word effeminate?
- Does China's state-run news agency say we should reject effeminate men?
- Do the gun laws of Victorian England make Texas look effeminate?
- Did affirmative action turn Obama into an effeminate male model?
- Are effeminate male actors being portrayed in Chinese media?
- What is the meaning of effeminate in 1 Corinthians?
- What does the Bible say about effeminate homosexuality?
- Is it effeminate to pronounce foreign words correctly?
- Why is Kirk Franklin wearing 'effeminate clothing'?