Boyish
Boyish adjective - Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.
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Unfeminine and boyish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfeminine" instead an adjective "Boyish".
Unfeminine
Unfeminine adjective - Having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman.
Boyish and unfeminine are semantically related. You can use "Boyish" instead an adjective "Unfeminine".
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To a lesser extent, "Crazy Eyes" (more weird than butch), Nicky (butch enough, but looking like Natasha Lyonne tones down the effect) and Poussey (more boyish than mannish) also exemplify this trope, by being lesbian and distinctively unfeminine even by prison standards.
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Valerie Boyd, the teenager in "The World of Henry Orient" always wore a 19th century style outfit complete with a Victorian England coat (despite it being The Fifties) and a shaggy wild hairstyle that looked boyish yet not unfeminine.
Source: Unnecessary Makeover
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Unfeminine and Boyish. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boyish/unfeminine
Boyish & Unfeminine. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/boyish/unfeminine>.
Unfeminine or Boyish. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boyish/unfeminine.
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