hoydenish

adjective

Definition of hoydenishnext
as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman a designer whose eclectic spring line paired hoydenish work boots with frilly skirts

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  1. masculine
  2. unladylike
  3. unfeminine
  4. male
Adjective
  • This creates a self-perpetuating cycle where women either adapt to these masculine leadership norms or face career stagnation.
    Lindsey Darvin, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
  • This mixture of soapy and manly is the quality that makes the Sheridan-verse so weird and interesting as a cultural artifact; its popularity could reflect its efficacy in helping masculine men satisfy their need to feel big feelings about the world.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • The new girl’s unladylike bravado ensures that she will be asked to board with the Brown girl.
    Chris Bohjalian, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In fact, one of the choicest bites of the entire meal was an unladylike gnaw of the generous gristle on a bone followed by a spoonful of marrow-thickened soup, bobbing with cubes of cleansing daikon.
    Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2022
Definition of unladylike
Adjective
  • The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This really helped cement this idea that there was something or there could be something unfeminine about successful athletes.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
Definition of unfeminine
Adjective
  • The vast majority of construction workers are male and Hispanic, according to the CDC.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Shields would go on to another win at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the only U.S. boxer, male or female, to earn back-to-back gold medals at the games.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of male
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