- effeminate⇄adj. 1. lacking in manly qualities; showing weakness or softness that is not manly.
(SYN) womanish.
2. characterized by unmanly weakness or delicacy.
(SYN) womanish. - effeminate⇄adv. effeminately.
- effeminate⇄effeminate, adjective, noun, verb, -nated,-nating.
- effeminate⇄noun an effeminate man or boy.
- effeminate⇄noun effeminateness.
- effeminate⇄v.i. to become effeminate.
- effeminate⇄v.t. to make effeminate.