unladylike
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk/
- Offensive
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poco femenino
- While discussing her ambitions, she acted in a way that her grandmother would have considered unladylike.
- an unladylike snort
- decidedly unladylike
- the most unladylike
Examples
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I told the child the next time she used an unladylike word like that... she'd have to go right upstairs to bed.
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Displays of anger were unladylike.
Blog text (24) -
I find that extremely unladylike behavior in one so young.
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Because that would be unladylike.
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I'm afraid you caught me at an unladylike moment.
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"Are we sick?" she charged, startling everyone by doing the most unladylike act of speaking her mind.
Fiction book (1996) -
"It's most unladylike, Paxton, for you to ask that.
Fiction book (1990) -
And it's so very unladylike, throwing things, breaking things, making a mess that he has to tidy.
Blog text (18) -
Danica thinks it's unladylike to toss things in the toilet.
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Mrs. Pendleton gave an unladylike snort.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
33
7.8
Not proper or polite for a situation
10
8.4
Not polite or well behaved in a rough way
2
6.7
Not having qualities people often expect in women
Not showing behavior people expect from a woman
Not proper in dress or behavior in polite company
Antonyms
How Ladylike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unladylike breaks into un- meaning 'not' and ladylike meaning 'like a lady'. Because 'lady' has long been used for a polite or proper woman, unladylike describes behavior not thought to be proper for a woman.