as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
a designer whose eclectic spring line paired hoydenish work boots with frilly skirts
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoydenish
Adjective
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The collection also reinterprets LV’s archival icons through a modern, masculine lens.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025 -
But the geranium adds a feminine touch that balances out what could have been a more traditionally masculine fougère.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That would have been unladylike.—
Lucy Worsley
September 16,
Literary Hub,
16 Sep. 2025
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The new girl’s unladylike bravado ensures that she will be asked to board with the Brown girl.—
Chris Bohjalian,
Washington Post,
17 Aug. 2023
Adjective
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Dior’s collection referenced the H-line created by its founder Christian Dior for Fall-Winter 1954-1955 – a controversial silhouette at the time as its flattened shape appeared, for some, unfeminine.—
Alice Pfeiffer,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.—
Natalie Kinkade,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Today, Ivo is one of the most beloved male actors in Estonia, but that little vodka improvisation was actually one of his very first film roles.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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Seyia came to Cincinnati through a breeding recommendation and was paired with Faru, a male black rhino.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Hoydenish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoydenish. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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