According to the novel Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, it was considered unladylike to call a horse a mare.
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Unladylike
Synonyms for "unladylike" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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9 entriescoarselycoarsenessdouble standardgendered constraintimproprietyindecorouslyindiscretionmoral policingrudely
Collocations
8 entriesunladylike appearanceunladylike behaviorunladylike conductunladylike gestureunladylike languageunladylike mannerunladylike remarkunladylike tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore unladylikemost unladylike
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1 entriesSample sentences
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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.
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