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effeminate
[ih-fem-uh-nit, ih-fem-uh-neyt]
adjective
(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc..
effeminate luxury.
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become effeminate.
effeminate
/ ɪˈɛɪɪ /
adjective
(of a man or boy) displaying characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; not manly
lacking firmness or vigour
an effeminate piece of writing
Other 51Թ Forms
- effeminately adverb
- effeminateness noun
- effemination noun
- uneffeminate adjective
- uneffeminately adverb
- ˈڱԲ noun
- ˈڱԲٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of effeminate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of effeminate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Men who buy this message that empathy is stupid, suicidal, and effeminate — which is supposedly the worst thing you can be — are going to struggle to make friends and maintain romantic relationships.
In fact, I think those gendered stereotypes — Americans as virile and manly; Europeans as emasculated or effeminate — go back much further than that, and were inhaled by nearly all American men of Trump’s generation.
This is the message that Ridley Scott chose for his movie: Rome has been taken over by a foppish, effeminate class of men in perfumed silks.
Refusing to develop the necessary people skills to get ahead because you think it's effeminate will keep you from moving ahead.
A typical if slightly effeminate adolescent Jewish boy, California version.
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