dudish

adjective

Definition of dudishnext
as in old-maidish

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  1. foppish
  2. sappy
  3. prissy
  4. feminine
Adjective
  • Among his electronic competitors was Thomas, a foppish, rail-thin twentysomething with a penchant for provocatively unbuttoned silk shirts, and who spoke nonchalantly about Gaussian functions, Faraday’s law of induction, and something called the hysteresis curve.
    — Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • And then that version of Nosferatu fell apart, and Bill was cast in The Northman as this sort of foppish cousin of Alexander Skarsgård.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of foppish
Adjective
  • This has reflected neither sappy altruism nor cynical neoimperialism but an understanding that in the modern world, economics and security need to be handled at something beyond the national level.
    — Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Into a routine casting call one afternoon walks Michael, an Ohio ice-cream truck driver effusing sappy memories of watching the series every morning with his family over bacon and eggs.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of sappy
Adjective
  • Albee's 1962 play won a Tony Award, and would have also won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, if the prissy trustees of Columbia University hadn't overruled the jury.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Some of that’s changing times, some of that is because a not-insignificant portion of W.A.S.P. fans are prissy suburbanites themselves.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 13 Jan. 2023
Definition of prissy
Adjective
  • Intersex people have chromosomes and/or reproductive organs that do not fit into a binary male or female classification, while two-spirit refers to members of Indigenous cultures who identify as having both a masculine and feminine spirit.
    — Colleen English, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Heels may be a more elegant solution, but the taboo remains — despite the fact that many heeled styles seen as daring on men aren’t actually feminine at all, Semmelhack noted.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of feminine
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“Dudish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dudish. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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