Meanings
adjectiveunfeminine (comparative more unfeminine, superlative most unfeminine)
comparative more unfeminine · superlative most unfeminine
- Not feminine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a woman.
Some branded her powerful style unfeminine, but, now 55, she is still playing, and winning.
2011 March 8, Homa Khaleeli, “Martina Navratilova”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2017
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot suitable for a woman
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
- Proto-Italic*θēmanā
- Proto-Italic*fēmanā
- Latinfēmina
- Latinfēminīnus
- Old Frenchfeminin
- Middle Englishfemynyne
- Englishfeminine
- Englishunfeminine
Translations
Dutch onvrouwelijk
- onvrouwelijkunfeminine
Cite this entry
APA
unfeminine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfeminine
MLA
“unfeminine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfeminine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfeminine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfeminine.
Source: unfeminine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.