Synonyms for unfeminine

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fem-uh-nin

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɛm ə nɪn

Définition of unfeminine

Origin : mid-14c., "of the female sex," from Old French femenin (12c.) "feminine, female; with feminine qualities, effeminate," from Latin femininus "feminine" (in the grammatical sense at first), from femina "woman, female," literally "she who suckles," from root of felare "to suck, suckle" (see fecund). Sense of "woman-like, proper to or characteristic of women" is recorded from mid-15c.
The interplay of meanings now represented in female, feminine, and effeminate, and the attempt to make them clear and separate, has led to many coinages: feminitude (1878); feminile "feminine" (1640s); feminility "womanliness" (1838); femality (17c., "effeminacy;" 1754 "female nature"). Also feminality (1640s, "quality or state of being female"), from rare adjective feminal (late 14c.), from Old French feminal. And femineity "quality or state of being feminine," from Latin femineus "of a woman, pertaining to a woman."

As in mannish : adj manlike

Example sentences :

It is so unfeminine and indelicate for young ladies to have appetites.
Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton

She was tall, but not so tall as to be unfeminine in her height.
Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope

It is a sin and a shame for a woman to be untidy or careless in her dress; it is unfeminine!
Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey

You may be thankful it was my indecorous, unfeminine self, and not any of the proprieties.
Extract from : « Merkland » by Mrs. Oliphant

Independence is unfeminine: what a pity that starvation and insanity are not unfeminine also!
Extract from : « A New Atmosphere » by Gail Hamilton

Independence is unfeminine, but what provision is made for dependence?
Extract from : « A New Atmosphere » by Gail Hamilton

Then, as if abashed by her unfeminine behavior, she drew back, in shame.
Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune

Your words are such as ought not to be used: violent, unfeminine, and untrue.
Extract from : « Jane Eyre » by Charlotte Bronte

But if these things are unfeminine it is no answer to say that they fit into each other.
Extract from : « What's Wrong With The World » by G.K. Chesterton

Shall a woman be flayed alive because it is unfeminine in her to fight for her own skin?
Extract from : « The Way We Live Now » by Anthony Trollope

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