Effeminate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than men. See Synonyms at female.
  • adj. Characterized by weakness and excessive refinement.
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  • adj. Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.
  • v. To make womanly; to unman.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
  • adj. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
  • v. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow womanish or weak.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make womanish; unman; weaken.
  • To grow womanish or weak; melt into weakness.
  • Having the qualities of the female sex; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish: applied to men.
  • Characterized by or resulting from effeminacy: as, an effeminate peace; an effeminate life.
  • Womanlike; tender.
  • Synonyms Womanish, etc. (see feminine), weak, unmanly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having unsuitable feminine qualities
    • Equivalent
    unmanly    unmanlike    unmanful   
    Antonym
    manliness    toughen   
    Form
    effeminated    effeminating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    womanish    weak    womanlike    womanly    tender   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    indolent    licentious    frivolous    womanish    cowardly   
     
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