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Synonyms for effeminate
ɪˈfɛm ə nɪtef·fem·i·nate
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effeminate
We apply female to the sex, feminine to the qualities, especially the finer physical or mental qualities that distinguish the female sex in the human family, or to the objects appropriate for or especially employed by them. A female voice is the voice of a woman; a feminine voice may belong to a man. Womanish denotes the undesirable, womanly the admirable or lovely qualities of woman. Womanly tears would suggest respect and sympathy, womanish tears a touch of contempt. The word effeminate is always used reproachfully, and only of men as possessing womanly traits such as are inconsistent with true manliness.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1236 | female | |
#2052 | soft | |
#2283 | camp | |
#4981 | weak | |
#10033 | bisexual | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#13909 | feminine | |
#21513 | sissy | |
#27075 | swish | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#72099 | effeminate | |
#80778 | womanly | |
#118224 | cissy | |
#149487 | timorous | |
#156786 | emasculated | |
#219394 | unmanly | |
#248679 | emasculate | |
#275176 | enervated | |
#286485 | sissified |
How to use effeminate in a sentence?
But it does take a man who would look at it and say, 'I am not threatened by wearing pink' or 'I don't think I am going to be viewed by other people as being too effeminate if I wore pink,'.
Around the turn of the century, as men’s brands started to come out, people started to realize that taking care of yourself is not effeminate or girly, some of those taboos came down, and more barbershops and spas broke the barriers and let men know it’s OK to do this stuff.
Any type of outreach poster... regarding trafficking is typically the teenage girl with pigtails, just seeing that formally encourages that stigma that you are weak, that you are effeminate if you are a victim. There is still such a stigma attached to male victimization.
Translations for effeminate
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- مخنثArabic
- женственBulgarian
- zženštilýCzech
- merchetaiddWelsh
- tuntig, weibischGerman
- θηλυπρεπήςGreek
- afeminado, amaneradoSpanish
- بی رنگPersian
- epämiehekäs, naismainenFinnish
- efféminé, efféminéeFrench
- boireanntaScottish Gaelic
- kemayu, banciIndonesian
- effemminatoItalian
- עָנוֹגHebrew
- 女々しいJapanese
- effeminatosLatin
- verwijfdDutch
- zniewieściałyPolish
- afeminadoPortuguese
- женоподобныйRussian
- zoženštenýSlovak
- xotinchalish, xezalakUzbek
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