Crossword clues for womanish
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Womanish \Wom"an*ish\, a.
Suitable to a woman, having the qualities of a woman;
effeminate; not becoming a man; -- usually in a reproachful
sense. See the Note under Effeminate. `` Thy tears are
womanish.''
--Shak. `` Womanish entreaties.''
--Macaulay.
A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but
audible, strong, and manlike.
--Ascham.
[1913 Webster] -- Wom"an*ish*ly, adv. -- Wom"an*ish*ness,
n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "womanly, feminine; resembling a woman;" of a man or men, "behaving in the manner of a woman, effeminate," from woman + -ish. Related: Womanishly; womanishness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context often pejorative English) Characteristic of a woman; feminine; effeminate. (from 14th c.) 2 Carried out by or pertaining to a woman. (from 14th c.)
WordNet
adj. having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"
Usage examples of "womanish".
I reproached him with being as womanish as we were in going down on his knees to the general behind Natacha and me, when it became necessary to kill all those poor moujiks of Presnia.
The Turks wiped their knives clean and once more sat cross-legged in the coffeehouses, smoking their narghiles and listening with half-closed eyes to the chubby-faced Turkish boy as he sang in Ms womanish voice.
Turks wiped their knives clean and once more sat cross-legged in the coffeehouses, smoking their narghiles and listening with half-closed eyes to the chubby-faced Turkish boy as he sang in Ms womanish voice.
I reproached him with being as womanish as we were in going down on his knees to the general behind Natacha and me, when it became necessary to kill all those poor moujiks of Presnia.
In Kesey's view, modern society is a reflection of womanish values archetypically responsible, cautious, repressive, deceitful, and solemn.
In Kesey's view, modern society is a reflection of womanish values--archetypically responsible, cautious, repressive, deceitful, and solemn.