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as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
a woman with a somewhat mannish gait
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as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
worked on the assembly line wearing a T-shirt and mannish overalls
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Recent Examples of mannish
They were taken in by the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her mannish, mustached half-sister, Marian Halcombe.
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Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
However overacted, Goerke’s Ortrud delivered the vocal goods, by turns scorching and smoldering, with mannish chest voice at moments.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
If switching from slim-cut jeans to baggy denim was a big leap of faith for you, then admittedly the mannish pant trend might seem foreign.
—Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
That sounded very old-mannish.
—Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2022
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Katherine Hobbs, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2024
However overacted, Goerke’s Ortrud delivered the vocal goods, by turns scorching and smoldering, with mannish chest voice at moments.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
If switching from slim-cut jeans to baggy denim was a big leap of faith for you, then admittedly the mannish pant trend might seem foreign.
—Vogue, 7 Apr. 2022
That sounded very old-mannish.
—Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannish
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The vast majority of construction workers are male and Hispanic, according to the CDC.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
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Many starve themselves or develop other harmful eating behaviors to make their bodies conform to a masculine or feminine ideal.Liz Szabo, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Kunda’s personal style embodies a balance between feminine and masculine energies.Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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“Mannish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannish. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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