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