masculinize

Other forms: masculinized; masculinizing; masculinizes

Definitions of masculinize
  1. verb
    give a masculine appearance or character to
    “Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s”
    synonyms:
    masculinise, virilise, virilize
    produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
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    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  2. verb
    produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy
    “the drugs masculinized the teenage girl”
    synonyms: masculinise, virilise, virilize
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    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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