unladylike

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adjective

Not ladylike; ill-mannered.

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unrefined
OriginEnglish ladylike ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunladylike (comparative more unladylike, superlative most unladylike)

comparative more unladylike · superlative most unladylike · alternative unlady-like · alternative rare unladilike

  1. Not ladylike; ill-mannered.

    Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike.

    1946, Clifford Rose Adams, Vance O. Packard, How to Pick a Mate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady

Similar
unrefined
Also see
mannishmasculineunmaidenly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishladylike
  9. Englishunladylike

From un- + ladylike.

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APA

unladylike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unladylike

MLA

“unladylike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unladylike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unladylike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unladylike.

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