effeminate

/adjective ih-fem-uh-nit; verb ih-fem-uh-neyt/US // adjective ɪˈfɛm ə nɪt; verb ɪˈfɛm əˌneɪt //UK // (ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt) //

娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,妩媚,妩媚的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- : characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc.: effeminate luxury.

adj.having female qualities

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Antonyms

Born as men, they traditionally veer toward effeminate appearance and style.
Komnenos’s dark skin matched his dignity since it did not display “an effeminate paleness … having aspired to an appearance that one does not find on womanly or soft people.”
In contrast, male Disney villains are frequently portrayed as visibly effeminate.
Real liberation wasn’t necessarily about making women more manly or allowing men to be effeminate.
As played by Omundson, King Richard is effeminate, sincere, and ten times funnier than everyone else.
I just knew there were gays, and they were men who were very effeminate.
Ronaldo is often accused of being a pretty boy, a not-so-subtle way of accusing him of being overly effeminate.
And did you know that effeminate men in the 18th-century were known as “mollies”?
Cutthroat, abusive, and—at times—barbaric, he picked on Michael for being effeminate, having a big nose, and “liver lips.”
And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
Another glimpse of d'Arthez is as the unselfish friend of Marie Gaston, a young poet of his stamp, but "effeminate."
She made her lover and materialistic, advising with him about everything.

/adjective ih-fem-uh-nit; verb ih-fem-uh-neyt/US // adjective ɪˈfɛm ə nɪt; verb ɪˈfɛm əˌneɪt //UK // (ɪˈfɛmɪnɪt) //

娘娘腔,娘娘腔的,妩媚,妩媚的

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
- : characterized by excessive softness, delicacy, self-indulgence, etc.: effeminate luxury.

adj.having female qualities

Synonyms

Antonyms

Born as men, they traditionally veer toward effeminate appearance and style.
Komnenos’s dark skin matched his dignity since it did not display “an effeminate paleness … having aspired to an appearance that one does not find on womanly or soft people.”
In contrast, male Disney villains are frequently portrayed as visibly effeminate.
Real liberation wasn’t necessarily about making women more manly or allowing men to be effeminate.
As played by Omundson, King Richard is effeminate, sincere, and ten times funnier than everyone else.
I just knew there were gays, and they were men who were very effeminate.
Ronaldo is often accused of being a pretty boy, a not-so-subtle way of accusing him of being overly effeminate.
And did you know that effeminate men in the 18th-century were known as “mollies”?
Cutthroat, abusive, and—at times—barbaric, he picked on Michael for being effeminate, having a big nose, and “liver lips.”
And I will give children to be their princes, and the effeminate shall rule over them.
Another glimpse of d'Arthez is as the unselfish friend of Marie Gaston, a young poet of his stamp, but "effeminate."
She made her lover and materialistic, advising with him about everything.