1
: resembling or suggesting a man rather than a woman
2
: generally associated with or characteristic of a man rather than a woman
her mannish clothes
mannishly
adverb
mannishness
noun
Examples of mannish in a Sentence
She was wearing a hat and mannish clothing.
She had a deep and rather mannish voice.
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Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
Could mannish tailoring and ‘80s gaudiness be on their way out?
—Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
Jennifer Cuvillier, style director at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche
Top trends: Business bags, larger-sized bags to fit a computer, which link with the office-business trend, novelty suiting, new oversize and powerful volumes, as well as with the mannish derby shoes silhouettes.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 17 Mar. 2025
Here, the suffragists portrayed are mannish and middle-aged, typical of many negative suffragist depictions, stereotyping them as unsexed spinsters.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Mannish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannish. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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mannish
adjective
man·nish
ˈman-ish 
: resembling, suggesting, suitable to, or characteristic of a man rather than a woman
a mannish voice
her mannish clothes
mannishly
adverb
mannishness
noun
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