Her girlish complexion belied the fact that she was over forty.
Source: tatoeba (309413)
Girlish
//ˈɡɜː.lɪʃ//
Synonyms for "girlish" (91 found)
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3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κορασιώδης adj (like a girl)
Arabic
1 entries- بَنَاتِيّ adj (like a girl)
Belarusian
2 entries- дзяво́цкі adj (like a girl)
- дзяво́чы adj (like a girl)
Bulgarian
1 entries- моми́чешки adj (like a girl)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 少女的 adj (like a girl)
Czech
1 entries- dívčí adj (like a girl)
Dutch
1 entries- meisjesachtig adj (like a girl)
Esperanto
1 entries- knabina adj (like a girl)
Finnish
1 entries- tyttömäinen adj (like a girl)
French
3 entries- de fille adj (like a girl)
- de jeune fille adj (like a girl)
- de petite fille adj (like a girl)
Georgian
2 entries- გოგოსებური adj (like a girl)
- ქალიშვილური adj (like a girl)
German
2 entries- Mädchen adj (like a girl)
- mädchenhaft adj (like a girl)
Greek
1 entries- κοριτσίστικος adj (like a girl)
Hungarian
1 entries- lányos adj (like a girl)
Japanese
1 entries- 女の子らしい adj (like a girl)
Korean
1 entries- 소녀답다 adj (like a girl)
Latin
1 entries- puellāris adj (like a girl)
Latvian
1 entries- meitenīgs adj (like a girl)
Macedonian
1 entries- момински adj (like a girl)
Māori
1 entries- tamahine adj (like a girl)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- jenteaktig adj (like a girl)
- jentete adj (like a girl)
- pikeaktig adj (like a girl)
Polish
1 entries- dziewczęcy adj (like a girl)
Portuguese
1 entries- feminino adj (like a girl)
Russian
1 entries- деви́чий adj (like a girl)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- djèvojački adj (like a girl)
- dèvojački adj (like a girl)
- дѐвојачки adj (like a girl)
- дјѐвојачки adj (like a girl)
Slovak
1 entries- dievčenský adj (like a girl)
Slovene
1 entries- dekliški adj (like a girl)
Spanish
1 entries- de niña adj (like a girl)
Turkish
1 entries- kızsı adj (like a girl)
Ukrainian
3 entries- діво́цький adj (like a girl)
- діво́чий adj (like a girl)
- дівча́чий adj (like a girl)
Yiddish
1 entries- מיידליש adj (like a girl)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I think social networking is so girlish.
Source: tatoeba (1760315)
Many a wayfarer upon the high road which ran by Ferrier's farm felt long-forgotten thoughts revive in their minds as they watched her lithe, girlish figure tripping through the wheat-fields, or met her mounted upon her father's mustang, and managing it with all the ease and grace of a true child of the West.
Source: tatoeba (6359703)
I want to be girlish.
Source: tatoeba (6884660)
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