Unladylike

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking the behavior or manner or style considered proper for a lady wordnet

Synonyms

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unrefinedboorishbroadcaddishcoarsecrude

Example

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"According to the novel Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, it was considered unladylike to call a horse a mare."

Etymology

From un- + ladylike.

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