Antonyms for hoydenish

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hoid-n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔɪd n

Definition of hoydenish

Origin : 1590s, of unknown origin; perhaps from Dutch heiden "rustic, uncivilized man," from Middle Dutch heiden "heathen" (see heathen). Originally in English "rude, boorish fellow;" sense of "ill-bred, boisterous female" first recorded 1670s.

As in girlish : adj juvenile
As in mannish : adj manlike

Example sentences :

She had emerged from the awkwardness and heaviness of the hoydenish age.
Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

We must have been a great trial to her, because we were a noisy, hoydenish lot.
Extract from : « A House Party with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed

Ann Veronica decided that "hoydenish ragger" was the only phrase to express her.
Extract from : « Ann Veronica » by H. G. Wells

It is with very little fascination that we watch the posturing of our hoydenish polkas or our ill-bred slangy waltzes.
Extract from : « Studies in Modern Music, Second Series » by W. H. Hadow

I really began to think that the only hoydenish people I had ever seen were ladies and gentlemen.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

If the chief character is of the other sex we are dragged through her dreamy girlhood, or hoydenish.
Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber

At her first introduction she is somewhat too hoydenish for the mistress of the noble D'Arlon.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851 » by Various

Self-willed and thoughtless—even rude and hoydenish—we may think her in these days of gentler manners and more guarded speech.
Extract from : « Historic Girls » by E. S. Brooks

In fact the care-free, hoydenish girl seemed to have ripened into a strong-hearted, wholesome, healthful woman.
Extract from : « The Golden Road » by Frank Waller Allen

Her manner was boyish, hoydenish at times, and although convent-trained, she was inclined to balk at restraint in any form.
Extract from : « The Financier » by Theodore Dreiser

Synonyms for hoydenish

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