masculinize

(verb)

verb

1. give a masculine appearance or character to

- Fashion designers have masculinized women's looks in the 1990s

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

2. produce virilism in or cause to assume masculine characteristics, as through a hormonal imbalance or hormone therapy

- the drugs masculinized the teenage girl

Similar word(s): masculinise, virilise, virilize

Definition categories: change, alter, modify