Entry Word: effeminate

Function: adjective

Meaning: having or displaying qualities more suitable for women than for men <a comedian deliberately affecting effeminate mannerisms>

Synonyms feminine, girlish, sissy, unmanly, womanish, womanlike, womanly

Related Words old-maidish, overnice, spinsterish; dandyish, foppish, sappy

Antonyms manlike, manly, mannish, masculine