Usually means: Boisterous, tomboyish behavior in girls.
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  1. hoydenish: Merriam-Webster
  2. hoydenish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hoydenish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hoydenish: Vocabulary.com
  5. hoydenish: Wordnik
  6. hoydenish: Wiktionary
  7. hoydenish: Dictionary.com
  8. hoydenish: Rhymezone
  9. hoydenish: FreeDictionary.org
  10. hoydenish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. hoydenish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Somewhat hoyden.

Similar:
tomboyish, spirited, unwomanly, hoidenish, hoiden, hobbledehoyish, hornish, hinky, hypish, hoonish, more...

Opposite:
ladylike, demure, refined, graceful

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Similar:
tomboyish, spirited, unwomanly, hoidenish, hoiden, hobbledehoyish, hornish, hinky, hypish, hoonish, more...

Opposite:
ladylike, demure, refined, graceful



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