UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: 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 possessing qualities befitting a man
- Not becoming of a man.
- Having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men
- Of, characteristic of, or suitable to a woman, especially when considered inferior to a man.
- Imitative or suggestive of a woman rather than a man.
- Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman; effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful sense. See the Note under effeminate.
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: ADVERB
- In a manner that is unmanly.
- Without qualities thought to befit a man
- N/A
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Not manly.
- Contemptibly fearful
- Synonyms Female, Effeminate, etc. See feminine.
- Pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for women; feminine; effeminate: often used in a disparaging or reproachful sense when said of men: as, womanish ways; a womanish, voice; womanish fears.
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: RELATED WORDS
- Unmanful, Sissyish, Poor spirited, Cissy, Emasculate, Fearful, Pusillanimous, Timid, Epicene, Coward, Cowardly, Sissified, Womanish, Effeminate, Sissy
- Uptightness, Schoolmarmish, Hypermasculine, Babyish, Maidenly, Epicene, Unladylike, Girlish, Mannish, Unwomanly, Unfeminine, Feminine, Unmanful, Unmanlike, Unmanly
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Unmanful, Sissyish, Poor spirited, Cissy, Emasculate, Fearful, Pusillanimous, Timid, Epicene, Coward, Cowardly, Sissified, Womanish, Effeminate, Sissy
- Uptightness, Schoolmarmish, Hypermasculine, Babyish, Maidenly, Epicene, Unladylike, Girlish, Mannish, Unwomanly, Unfeminine, Feminine, Unmanlike, Unmanful, Unmanly
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: 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.
- We all have different interpretations about what womanish means, but one of the common themes was about speaking your mind and being heard.
- And this shall free thee from this present shame, If no inconstant toy, nor womanish fear, Abate thy valor in the acting it.
- WOMANISH, in that she technically is one, but is really just a blob of protoplasm now?
- INATE, To grow womanish or weak to melt into weakness.
- Womanish Black girls: Women resisting the contradictions of silence and voice.
UNMANLY vs WOMANISH: QUESTIONS
- N/A
- What does thy tears are womanish and thy wild acts denote?