unmanly

Meaning

Adj

1. Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
2. (archaic) Of or pertaining to something not human.
3. Cowardly, base.
4. Not acceptable from a man.
5. Not becoming of a man.

Adv

In a manner that is unmanly.

Synonyms

effeminate

cowardly

weak

womanish

sissy

unmanlike

unmanfully

unmanful

pusillanimous

poltroon

poor-spirited

timid

feminine

♀️

inhuman

old-maidish

pansy

recreant

sissified

soft

weak-minded

old-womanish

retromingent

niddering

poltroonish

chicken-shit

effiminate

not manlike

courageless

fraidy

cowardy

caitiff

recrayed

chicken-hearted

chicken-livered

chickenshit

coward

craven

dastard

emasculate

enervate

epicene

eunuch

feeble

Translations

άνανδρος

efféminé

covard

onmannelijk

unmännlich

hasenherzig

memmenhaft

pusil·lànime

lâche

froussard

peureux

😨

pusillanime

timide

couard

feig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʌnˈmænli/

Etymology

From un- + manly.