unmanly

Adjective

• Not characteristic of a man; effeminate or cowardly.
• not possessing qualities befitting a man

Adjective Satellite

• lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

Adverb

• without qualities thought to befit a man

Adj

• Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
• Of or pertaining to something not human.
• Cowardly, base.
• Not acceptable from a man.
• Not becoming of a man.

Adv

• In a manner that is unmanly.

Examples

• Complaining about bad tiles seemed unmanly for a seasoned Scrabble player.

Synonyms

poor-spirited, pusillanimous, unmanful, unmanfully, unmanlike

Antonyms

manfully, manly

Related Words

unwomanly

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