as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
aggression and assertiveness were once considered unwomanly
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwomanly
Adjective
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For example, data from January 2024 showed that 37% of users had typically feminine names, among users with names that could be read as either masculine or feminine.—
Dylan Butts,Shreya Ghosal,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Fittingly for that show, Cooper’s acceptance speech aimed to shut down toxic masculine ideas about shame and just trying some stuff out.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Sep. 2025
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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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
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“Unwomanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwomanly. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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