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effete

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of effete

1 having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit

  • the soft, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire
Synonyms of effete

decadent, decayed, degenerate, overripe, washed-up
Words Related to effete

overrefined, precious

decaying, declining, dying, failing, waning

debilitated, enervate, enervated, enfeebled, feeble, frail, languid, sapped, soft, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpy

dissolute, immoral

debased, debauched, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute
Antonyms of effete

undecadent

2 lacking bodily strength

  • the outdoor adventure program takes effete youths and turns them into hardy campers
Synonyms of effete

asthenic, debilitated, delicate, down-and-out, enervated, enfeebled, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, languid, low, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, slight, soft, softened, tender, unsubstantial, wasted, weak, weakened, wimpish, wimpy
Words Related to effete

challenged, disabled, incapacitated, invalid

paralyzed

broken-down, decrepit

impotent, powerless

breakable, flimsy, fragile

dizzy, groggy, rocky, unsteady, woozy

drained, exhausted, flagging, tired, weary, worn-out

damaged, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, lame, unsound

resistless, susceptible, unresistant, vulnerable, yielding
Near Antonyms of effete

able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, fit, husky, muscular, sinewy, strapping, virile

hard, hardy, lusty, red-blooded, robust, sturdy, tough

fortified, hardened, inured, strengthened, toughened

energetic, energized, invigorated, vigorous, vitalized

hale, healthy, sound

capable, competent

convalescing, recovering, recuperating
Antonyms of effete

mighty, powerful, rugged, stalwart, stout, strong

3 lacking strength of will or character

  • the governor is too effete to take on the powerful special interests that really run this state
Synonyms of effete

characterless, frail, invertebrate, limp-wristed, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, weak-kneed, weakened, weakling, wet [British], wimpish, wimpy, wishy-washy
Words Related to effete

flabby, flaccid, forceless, ineffective, ineffectual

impotent, impuissant, powerless

emasculated, unnerved

lamblike, meek, pliable, submissive

corrupt, dastardly, unprincipled, unscrupulous, villainous

cowardly, craven, fainthearted, lily-livered, nebbishy, poltroon, pusillanimous, sissy, timid

infirm, irresolute, vacillating
Near Antonyms of effete

ethical, good, moral, principled, right, righteous, upright, virtuous

determined, mettlesome, resolute, unrelenting

courageous, stalwart, stouthearted
Antonyms of effete

backboned, firm, hard, strong, tough

4 of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women

  • wore a slightly more effete style of clothing in those days
Synonyms of effete

effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, unmanly, womanish
Words Related to effete

feminine, girlish, girlie (or girly), womanlike, womanly

old-maidish, overnice, prissy, spinsterish

dandyish, dudish, foppish, sappy

camp, campy

antimacho
Antonyms of effete

manlike, manly, mannish, masculine, virile

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