Womanish

Quick meaning: Womanish is an adjective meaning (often derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.

Meaning

(often derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.

More Meanings

1. Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
2. (rare, obsolete) To make womanish.

Example Sentences

Perhaps he did too, for he turned scarlet and turned his face away to the wall, with a womanish gesture of shyness.

I don't very much wonder at her fright. We have met before; but I owe her no grudge, and we must not wait for womanish fear.

And gan recomfort her in her rude vvyſe, / VVith vvomaniſh compaſſion of her plaint, / VViping the teares from her ſuffuſed eyes, […]

Friends are a comfort in misfortune, but one should not make them unhappy by seeking their sympathy, as is done by women and womanish men.

Word Forms

• womannish
• womanishes
• womanishing
• womanished

Synonyms for womanish

Depending on context, synonyms include effeminate, femalize, femininize, feminize, woman, womanize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unmanly, feminine, womanlike, womanly, maidish, effeminate.

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