womanish
Like a lady
Womanish describes qualities or behaviors considered characteristic of women, used disparagingly when applied to men: His womanish tears embarrassed his father.
The word implies weakness, excessive emotionality, or lack of masculine toughness.
Applied to women, it suggests exaggerated or unbecoming femininity.
The neutral or positive counterpart is womanly.
Male seeming feminine
- unmanlyLacking traditional masculine qualities
- sissyPejorative for effeminate male
- effeteExhausted, overly refined
- girlishYouthfully feminine in manner
weak · timid · soft · feeble · cowardly · emasculated · pansy · namby-pamby
Befitting refined femininity
- gentleSoft and kind
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- gracefulElegant in movement
tender · dainty · sensitive · motherly · caring · soft-spoken · demure · modest
Belonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- sexistBiased based on gender
stereotypical · Victorian · retrograde · patronizing · dismissive · condescending · chauvinistic · prejudiced
effeminate
Male seeming feminine
- unmanlyLacking traditional masculine qualities
- sissyPejorative for effeminate male
- effeteExhausted, overly refined
girlish · weak · timid · soft · feeble · cowardly · emasculated · pansy · namby-pamby · spineless
ladylike
Befitting refined femininity
graceful · tender · dainty · sensitive · motherly · caring · soft-spoken · demure · modest · refined
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
- antiquatedOld and outdated
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
sexist · stereotypical · Victorian · retrograde · patronizing · dismissive · condescending · chauvinistic · prejudiced · outdated