Definition of womanish in English:

womanish

adjective ˈwʊmənɪʃˈwʊmənɪʃ

derogatory

1Suitable for or characteristic of a woman.
〈贬〉女子特有的，适合女人的
she liked womanish things, like dresses and dances
Example sentencesExamples
- He may not always be ‘mannish’; in fact, he may be downright womanish (the sting of this repeated accusation in the Western is that it is usually true), but he will be doing what a man does.
- People would assume you were womanish or weak or something, and they would try to cow you down, and to abuse you.
- The Africans, on the other hand, let their hair go nappy-kink, and some came to class in their national costumes, the little box hats and long robes of bright colors looking both solemn and womanish.
- In Storr's catalogue essay, we hear precursors of such comments across 18 centuries from writers who condemned decadent foreign influences, womanish decoration and blatant artificiality.
- ‘Believe it or not, I was once your age,’ a portly store manager chimed as he passed our womanish giggle-fest.
- We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman.
1. 1.1 (of a man) effeminate; unmanly.
  （男人）女子气的，娘娘腔的
  Burden thought him a weak womanish fool
  伯登认为他是个软弱的、娘娘腔的傻蛋。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman.
  In early vase-painting, Greek men are depicted ‘black-figure’, symbolic of their darker skin, while women (and womanish men) are shown pale and white.
  The elders and rulers of the village met to determine the punishment for such insurrection, and Okonkwo was disgusted to see that the men of Mbanta were so womanish that they would not declare war against the Christians.
  ‘And different gender folks too,’ shouts one womanish looking man in a cutoff shirt.
  It would destroy all my pre-conceived notions of man's supremacy of the natural status accorded to him, and I should opt to think that the men who listened were more womanish than the preacher.
  This was the moment we had all been waiting for, and yet most of us - including myself and several other men - screamed and spilled our drinks in womanish fright.
  Synonyms
  effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish, namby-pamby
  informal sissy, girly, camp, limp-wristed, queeny
  rare epicene, emasculate

Derivatives

womanishly

adverb ˈwʊmənɪʃ(ə)liˈwʊmənɪʃli

derogatory

Then a meaningful translation would be as ‘he is a man in general appearance but womanishly a coward.’
Example sentencesExamples
- The chaste man need not be squeamish or prudish or lacking in animal vitality; nor need he be womanishly pious or a slave of puritanical conventions.
- Men in polyester trousers, sharply creased, cut to bag out womanishly at the thighs and hemmed too short, exposing a centimetre of sock.
- While more female physicians are turning up, most are either too mannishly tough or too womanishly sweet.
- To my intense disappointment, most of the ‘hot parts’ were deleted, and it was spangled with asterisks - but in both books, it seemed to me that his descriptions of scenes of passion, or bedroom bouts, were almost womanishly fervent.

womanishness

nounˈwʊmənɪʃnəsˈwʊmənɪʃnəs

derogatory

If at some place disbelievers or women are fond of this colour, it will be banned for Muslim men because of its relevance to disbelief and womanishness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Kingsley, advocate of muscular Christianity and espouser of manliness, detested what he considered to be effeminate ‘Mariolatry’ which was responsible for weakness and womanishness in society.
- You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanishness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly.
- It finds expression, too, in Elizabeth Bowen's The House in Paris, where the protagonist's mother says of her daughter's Jewish lover, ‘there is always that touch - Jewish, perhaps - of womanishness about him that a woman would have to ignore and yet deal with the whole time.’
- No proto-feminist, she insisted that her influence on the age exposed the lacklustre womanishness of the clergy; only in dire necessity, would God have resorted to her.
- It is some native cowardice or womanishness which has rendered me subject to the flame of filial grief.

Definition of womanish in US English:

womanish

adjectiveˈwʊmənɪʃˈwo͝oməniSH

derogatory

1Suitable for or characteristic of a woman.
〈贬〉女子特有的，适合女人的
she liked womanish things, like dresses and dances
Example sentencesExamples
- People would assume you were womanish or weak or something, and they would try to cow you down, and to abuse you.
- In Storr's catalogue essay, we hear precursors of such comments across 18 centuries from writers who condemned decadent foreign influences, womanish decoration and blatant artificiality.
- ‘Believe it or not, I was once your age,’ a portly store manager chimed as he passed our womanish giggle-fest.
- He may not always be ‘mannish’; in fact, he may be downright womanish (the sting of this repeated accusation in the Western is that it is usually true), but he will be doing what a man does.
- We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman.
- The Africans, on the other hand, let their hair go nappy-kink, and some came to class in their national costumes, the little box hats and long robes of bright colors looking both solemn and womanish.
1. 1.1 (of a man) effeminate; unmanly.
  （男人）女子气的，娘娘腔的
  Burden thought him a weak womanish fool
  伯登认为他是个软弱的、娘娘腔的傻蛋。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman.
  In early vase-painting, Greek men are depicted ‘black-figure’, symbolic of their darker skin, while women (and womanish men) are shown pale and white.
  It would destroy all my pre-conceived notions of man's supremacy of the natural status accorded to him, and I should opt to think that the men who listened were more womanish than the preacher.
  This was the moment we had all been waiting for, and yet most of us - including myself and several other men - screamed and spilled our drinks in womanish fright.
  ‘And different gender folks too,’ shouts one womanish looking man in a cutoff shirt.
  The elders and rulers of the village met to determine the punishment for such insurrection, and Okonkwo was disgusted to see that the men of Mbanta were so womanish that they would not declare war against the Christians.
  Synonyms
  effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish, namby-pamby

词汇	womanish
释义	Definition of womanish in English: womanish adjective ˈwʊmənɪʃˈwʊmənɪʃ derogatory 1Suitable for or characteristic of a woman. 〈贬〉女子特有的，适合女人的 she liked womanish things, like dresses and dances Example sentencesExamples He may not always be ‘mannish’; in fact, he may be downright womanish (the sting of this repeated accusation in the Western is that it is usually true), but he will be doing what a man does. People would assume you were womanish or weak or something, and they would try to cow you down, and to abuse you. The Africans, on the other hand, let their hair go nappy-kink, and some came to class in their national costumes, the little box hats and long robes of bright colors looking both solemn and womanish. In Storr's catalogue essay, we hear precursors of such comments across 18 centuries from writers who condemned decadent foreign influences, womanish decoration and blatant artificiality. ‘Believe it or not, I was once your age,’ a portly store manager chimed as he passed our womanish giggle-fest. We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman. 1.1 (of a man) effeminate; unmanly. （男人）女子气的，娘娘腔的 Burden thought him a weak womanish fool 伯登认为他是个软弱的、娘娘腔的傻蛋。 Example sentencesExamples Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman. In early vase-painting, Greek men are depicted ‘black-figure’, symbolic of their darker skin, while women (and womanish men) are shown pale and white. The elders and rulers of the village met to determine the punishment for such insurrection, and Okonkwo was disgusted to see that the men of Mbanta were so womanish that they would not declare war against the Christians. ‘And different gender folks too,’ shouts one womanish looking man in a cutoff shirt. It would destroy all my pre-conceived notions of man's supremacy of the natural status accorded to him, and I should opt to think that the men who listened were more womanish than the preacher. This was the moment we had all been waiting for, and yet most of us - including myself and several other men - screamed and spilled our drinks in womanish fright. Synonyms effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish, namby-pamby informal sissy, girly, camp, limp-wristed, queeny rare epicene, emasculate Derivatives womanishly adverb ˈwʊmənɪʃ(ə)liˈwʊmənɪʃli derogatory Then a meaningful translation would be as ‘he is a man in general appearance but womanishly a coward.’ Example sentencesExamples The chaste man need not be squeamish or prudish or lacking in animal vitality; nor need he be womanishly pious or a slave of puritanical conventions. Men in polyester trousers, sharply creased, cut to bag out womanishly at the thighs and hemmed too short, exposing a centimetre of sock. While more female physicians are turning up, most are either too mannishly tough or too womanishly sweet. To my intense disappointment, most of the ‘hot parts’ were deleted, and it was spangled with asterisks - but in both books, it seemed to me that his descriptions of scenes of passion, or bedroom bouts, were almost womanishly fervent. womanishness nounˈwʊmənɪʃnəsˈwʊmənɪʃnəs derogatory If at some place disbelievers or women are fond of this colour, it will be banned for Muslim men because of its relevance to disbelief and womanishness. Example sentencesExamples Kingsley, advocate of muscular Christianity and espouser of manliness, detested what he considered to be effeminate ‘Mariolatry’ which was responsible for weakness and womanishness in society. You sometimes have to answer a woman according to her womanishness, just as you have to answer a fool according to his folly. It finds expression, too, in Elizabeth Bowen's The House in Paris, where the protagonist's mother says of her daughter's Jewish lover, ‘there is always that touch - Jewish, perhaps - of womanishness about him that a woman would have to ignore and yet deal with the whole time.’ No proto-feminist, she insisted that her influence on the age exposed the lacklustre womanishness of the clergy; only in dire necessity, would God have resorted to her. It is some native cowardice or womanishness which has rendered me subject to the flame of filial grief. Definition of womanish in US English: womanish adjectiveˈwʊmənɪʃˈwo͝oməniSH derogatory 1Suitable for or characteristic of a woman. 〈贬〉女子特有的，适合女人的 she liked womanish things, like dresses and dances Example sentencesExamples People would assume you were womanish or weak or something, and they would try to cow you down, and to abuse you. In Storr's catalogue essay, we hear precursors of such comments across 18 centuries from writers who condemned decadent foreign influences, womanish decoration and blatant artificiality. ‘Believe it or not, I was once your age,’ a portly store manager chimed as he passed our womanish giggle-fest. He may not always be ‘mannish’; in fact, he may be downright womanish (the sting of this repeated accusation in the Western is that it is usually true), but he will be doing what a man does. We were neither of us womanish, and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman. The Africans, on the other hand, let their hair go nappy-kink, and some came to class in their national costumes, the little box hats and long robes of bright colors looking both solemn and womanish. 1.1 (of a man) effeminate; unmanly. （男人）女子气的，娘娘腔的 Burden thought him a weak womanish fool 伯登认为他是个软弱的、娘娘腔的傻蛋。 Example sentencesExamples Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman. In early vase-painting, Greek men are depicted ‘black-figure’, symbolic of their darker skin, while women (and womanish men) are shown pale and white. It would destroy all my pre-conceived notions of man's supremacy of the natural status accorded to him, and I should opt to think that the men who listened were more womanish than the preacher. This was the moment we had all been waiting for, and yet most of us - including myself and several other men - screamed and spilled our drinks in womanish fright. ‘And different gender folks too,’ shouts one womanish looking man in a cutoff shirt. The elders and rulers of the village met to determine the punishment for such insurrection, and Okonkwo was disgusted to see that the men of Mbanta were so womanish that they would not declare war against the Christians. Synonyms effeminate, effete, unmanly, unmasculine, girlish, namby-pamby
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