as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
a designer whose eclectic spring line paired hoydenish work boots with frilly skirts
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Adjective
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Watts said the highly physical, masculine and gestural choreography will reflect that tension.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025 -
The question isn't whether Zuckerberg needs more masculine energy.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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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In fact, one of the choicest bites of the entire meal was an unladylike gnaw of the generous gristle on a bone followed by a spoonful of marrow-thickened soup, bobbing with cubes of cleansing daikon.—
Jiayang Fan,
The New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2022
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 uptick in movies has been from women’s creative visions getting funded, in projects that white male studio heads have previously refused to green-light.—
Cindy Gallop,
Flow Space,
11 Feb. 2025
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If the ceasefire moves forward into phase two, there are still 56 male hostages who remain in Gaza, of which 26 have been declared dead.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Hoydenish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoydenish. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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