HOYDENISH Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

hoydenish

adjective

Definition of hoydenish

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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Adjective

Miu Miu’s design style under Miuccia Prada centers around classic silhouettes made structural and formal, pairing prim styles with something more masculine, like boxers with blouses.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Many evangelicals did embrace the early 2000s movies based on the first three Narnia books, with actor Liam Neeson providing the deep, masculine voice of Aslan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of masculine

Adjective

Whether these ads were meant to imply that clutching and shifting was too physical for women, too unladylike, or just too complex for the little dears is not clear.

— Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026
That would have been unladylike.

— Lucy Worsley September 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025

Definition of unladylike

Adjective

Women fighting for the right to vote were seen by their detractors as unfeminine, and vinegar valentines were a cheap and convenient medium to enforce gender roles.

— Melissa Chan, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026
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

Definition of unfeminine

Adjective

Fuentes' compound in the capital, Bangui, is an apartment complex where the government houses male deportees.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
The tie-in should have major reach, as soccer is the most popular sport in the world and though its fan base is primarily male, women comprise around 38 percent.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of male

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