as in female
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
a designer adding feminine touches to the collection
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Recent Examples of feminine
In November, Edgewell Personal Care sold its feminine care business to a company in Sweden for $340 million.
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Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
The print that swaths each selection here nods to that sartorial inclination and channels feminine beauty at every angle.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Mar. 2026
In parts of America, the idea of a man doing anything that can be perceived as feminine is politically charged.
—Zachary Bernstein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
How thrilling to see such an innately feminine film, which completely centers the enormity and complexity of a woman’s love, be honored on such a massive stage.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Mar. 2026
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Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
The print that swaths each selection here nods to that sartorial inclination and channels feminine beauty at every angle.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 17 Mar. 2026
In parts of America, the idea of a man doing anything that can be perceived as feminine is politically charged.
—Zachary Bernstein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
How thrilling to see such an innately feminine film, which completely centers the enormity and complexity of a woman’s love, be honored on such a massive stage.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feminine
female
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The report also noted that two separate client groups from Blackbird Mountain Guides — one a group of female friends with two guides, the other a trio of men with two guides — had been combined into a party of 15 for the trip out to the Castle Peak Snowpark trailhead beside I-80.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth has fired numerous senior military officers and generals, many of them female or Black, leading some critics to question whether their race or gender contributed to their firing.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Feminine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feminine. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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