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UNMANLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
Synonyms:
poor-spirited; pusillanimous; unmanly
Classified under:
Similar:
cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)
Derivation:
unmanliness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not possessing qualities befitting a man
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish (having unsuitable feminine qualities)
womanish (having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men)
Antonym:
manly (possessing qualities befitting a man)
Derivation:
unmanliness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without qualities thought to befit a man
Synonyms:
unmanfully; unmanly
Classified under:
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