effeminate

effeminate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.
2. adjective. Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense.
3. transitive verb. To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
4. intransitive verb. To grow womanish or weak.
5. adjective. having unsuitable feminine qualities

   Synonyms: cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish

Synonyms

cissy, emasculate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish

Common word forms

effeminated, effeminately, effeminating, effeminateness

Words from these letters

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