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unmanly
 
ADJECTIVE:1. Ignobly lacking in courage: chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous. Slang : chicken, gutless, yellow, yellow-bellied. See FEAR. 2. Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, epicene, feminine, sissified, sissyish, womanish. See GENDER.
 
 
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