a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly. |
2. | Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. | |
(Pros.) See |
Noun | 1. | feminine - a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female |
Adj. | 1. | feminine - associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" Antonyms: masculine - associated with men and not with women |
2. | feminine - of grammatical gender | |
3. | feminine - befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" Synonyms: womanly | |
4. | feminine - (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" |