unmanly

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Definitions

1. 1

   Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or…

   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 fraudulent old villain or the unmanly young cub. […]
   • He'd be wearing white pants and playing lawn tennis presently if he continued to grow much softer and more unmanly.
   • Nothing captured the alt-right mentality better than cuckservative, with its taunt that moderation is unmanly and certain conservative males are cuckolds.
2. 2

   Of or pertaining to something not human.

   • And then, it may be, of his wish to roam Repented he, but in his bosom slept The silent thought, nor from his lips did come One word of wail, whilst others sate and wept, And to the reckless gales unmanly moaning kept.
3. 3

   Not acceptable from a man.

   • Mr. Coverley was quite brutal: he swore at her with unmanly rage, and seemed scarce able to refrain even from striking her.
   • "Lor’, sir, you wouldn’t have ’em in short clothes, poor little dears?" And she said it in a tone that seemed to imply I had suggested some unmanly outrage.
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   1. 4

      Not becoming of a man.

      • Jo wanted to lay her head down on that motherly bosom, and cry her grief and anger all away, but tears were an unmanly weakness, and she felt so deeply injured that she really couldn’t quite forgive yet.
      • Many voteless women regard a vote as unwomanly. Nobody says that most voteless men regarded a vote as unmanly. Nobody says that any voteless men regarded it as unmanly.
   2. 5

      Cowardly, base.

   3. 6

      In a manner that is unmanly.

      • He had acted unmanly, unworthy of a gentleman.

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