1
as in feminine
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women
such displays of emotion were once considered womanish and unseemly for a man
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2
as in female
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
she had a womanish gentleness, especially when dealing with children, that he loved
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanish
Adjective
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Gunawan’s designs include a bevy of couture and ready-to-wear pieces for women, each intricately crafted with feminine touches and details at the fore.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025 -
Still, both Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue make name-brand products in segments where consumers are less likely to shift to store brands, including hair care, skin care, feminine products and mouth care, according to Circana.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The injured man told them that a female friend had taken his truck and sold it to a man at a game room near East Berry Street and South Riverside Drive, police said.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Nov. 2025
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Exposure 2025 was the 14th annual competition for Exposure Skate, a nonprofit organization that started out in 2012 to create opportunities for female skateboarders.—
Lonnie Burstein Hewitt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Phil initially teases Peter for being weak and effeminate.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
25 Sep. 2025
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So in a move that no one had approved, Wayans put on an effeminate voice for the character in hopes Executive Producer Lorne Michaels would be angry.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.—
Armond White,
National Review,
29 Dec. 2023
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Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Nov. 2018
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“Womanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanish. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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