unmanly
1unmanly — index ignoble, recreant, unseemly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2unmanly — degrading to a human, late 15c. (Cf. M.Du. onmamlijc, Ger. unmännlich); see UNMAN (Cf. unman) + LY (Cf. ly) (1) …
3unmanly — [unman′lē] adj. unmanlier, unmanliest not manly; specif., a) lacking courage, resoluteness, etc.; cowardly, weak, etc. b) not befitting a man; effeminate; womanish unmanliness n …
4unmanly — 1. adjective a) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character. I do not know which is the worse, he cried, the… …
5unmanly — [[t]ʌ̱nmæ̱nli[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ (disapproval) If you describe a boy s or man s behaviour as unmanly, you are critical of the fact that they are behaving in a way that you think is inappropriate for a man. Your partner can feel the… …
6unmanly — UK [ʌnˈmænlɪ] / US adjective Word forms unmanly : adjective unmanly comparative unmanlier superlative unmanliest not behaving in a way that many people believe a man should behave …
7unmanly — adjective he was on the verge of tears, but did not wish to appear unmanly Syn: effeminate, effete, unmasculine, womanish, epicene; weak, limp wristed, soft, timid, timorous; informal sissy, swishy, wimpish, wimpy, nancy, pansy, camp Ant …
8unmanly — adjective Date: 15th century not manly: as a. being of weak character ; cowardly b. effeminate • unmanliness noun …
9unmanly — unmanliness, n. /un man lee/, adj., unmanlier, unmanliest. 1. not manly; not characteristic of or befitting a man; weak, timid, or cowardly. 2. effeminate. [1350 1400; ME; see UN 1, MANLY] * * * …
10unmanly — Synonyms and related words: afraid, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowardly, cowed, craven, daunted, dismayed, effeminate, epicene, fainthearted, fearful, funking, funky, gutless, henhearted, intimidated, lily livered, milk livered, milksoppish …
