metrosexual

adjective

Definition of metrosexualnext
as in effeminate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metrosexual
  1. effeminate
  2. unmanly
  3. feminine
  4. unmasculine
  5. womanly
Adjective
  • In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • But worry not: Once it’s done poking fun at an effeminate male stereotype, the script swoops in with a cautious coming-out monologue perfectly tailored to generate a fresh round of headlines celebrating and/or criticizing Disney’s latest LGBTQ milestone.
    Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
Definition of effeminate
Adjective
  • In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.
    Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?
    Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018
Definition of unmanly
Adjective
  • Penelope Disick's Christmas Tree Penelope went for a super feminine look, decorating her tree with purple and pink ball ornaments.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
  • His stylist Felicity Kay clearly understands the necessary balance of feminine and masculine elements to push daring fashion.
    Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of feminine
Adjective
  • The obvious split between masculine, feminine, and implicitly unmasculine is key to Campion’s pompous storytelling.
    Armond White, National Review, 31 Dec. 2021
  • On the other side of the divide, college is viewed as meandering, luxurious, usurious, and somehow unmasculine, which explains the increasing college gender gap (not only in enrollment, but increasingly completion).
    Ryan Craig, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
Definition of unmasculine
Adjective
  • My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.
    Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
Definition of womanly
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