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

If my partner’s former view of mattresses was distinctly masculine in origin, perhaps mine is uniquely feminine.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Will every student have to get a doctor’s signature, or just masculine girls and feminine boys?

— The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 8 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

Krantz said the suspect, a male city resident who has not yet been publicly identified, was spotted entering the school by a community member, who eventually pursued him into the school and shot him.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Across the 9,000 teens surveyed, 43 percent were female and 56 percent were male.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of male

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