Antonyms for girlhood


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gurl-hoo d
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɜrl hʊd


Definition of girlhood

  • As in puberty : noun young adulthood
  • As in youth : noun early period in life of animate being
  • As in greenness : noun youth
  • As in juvenescence : noun youth
  • As in juvenility : noun youth
  • As in adolescence : noun state of puberty, preadulthood
  • As in age : noun period of animate existence
Example sentences :
  • Hester Paine, as a young lady, fulfills the promise of her girlhood.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Her girlhood had in it a certain dignity as of a virgin priestess or sibyl.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • The complacent sophistries of her girlhood no longer answered for truth.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Because I will never cause you to blush for the history of your wife's girlhood.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • It was a face of girlhood, almost mature—a face with wonderment on it now.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • "I wonder where she lived and what sort of a girlhood she had," Granger said.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • This was partly the result of the conditions under which her girlhood had been spent.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • When it had gone, she had realized with a sudden shock that her girlhood was ended.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • The author shows an unfailing understanding of the heart of girlhood.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • Oh, that woman should ever prove false to the vow of her girlhood!
  • Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 » by Various

Synonyms for girlhood

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