unmasculine

as inunmanly
as inwomanish

Synonyms for unmasculine

adj cowardly

Antonyms for unmasculine

womanish

adjective. feminine

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "belonging to the male grammatical gender;" late 14c., "of men, male," from Old French masculin "of the male sex" (12c.), from Latin masculinus "male, of masculine gender," from masculus "male, masculine; worthy of a man," diminutive of mas (genitive maris) "male person, male," of unknown origin. Meaning "having the appropriate qualities of the male sex, manly, virile, powerful" is first attested 1620s. As a noun from mid-15c.

Example Sentences forunmasculine

Peters mind made a most unmasculine excursion into the position.

For Peter, in his heart, thought it unmasculine to have a polyglot tongue.

Hating herself for doing anything so unmasculine, she had clutched her skirts and almost made a run for it.

This discovery was followed by a movement of instinctive shrinking from this unreasonable and unmasculine affair.

Beautiful seems an unmasculine word for such a masculine lad, but no other word expresses it.

They looked as knock-kneed and slope-shouldered and unmasculine as girls usually do in men's attire.

unmasculine

Synonyms for unmasculine

Antonyms for unmasculine

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