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/i fem"euh nuyz'/, v.t., effeminized, effeminizing.to make effeminate.[1605-15; EFFEMIN(ATE) + -IZE]
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Effeminize — Ef*fem i*nize, v. t. To make effeminate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
effeminize — (Amer.) v. make effeminate; make more feminine, give a feminine or womanly quality; remove the ovaries of (also effeminise) … English contemporary dictionary
effeminize — Synonyms and related words: castrate, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, devitalize, effeminate, effeminatize, emasculate, enervate, etiolate, exhaust, geld, sissify, soften, sterilize, unman, unnerve, womanize … Moby Thesaurus
effeminize — ef·fem·i·nize … English syllables
effeminize — verb to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to This hairdo feminizes the man • Syn: ↑feminize, ↑feminise, ↑effeminise, ↑womanize • Derivationally related forms: ↑woman … Useful english dictionary
effeminized — effeminize (Amer.) v. make effeminate; make more feminine, give a feminine or womanly quality; remove the ovaries of (also effeminise) … English contemporary dictionary
effeminizes — effeminize (Amer.) v. make effeminate; make more feminine, give a feminine or womanly quality; remove the ovaries of (also effeminise) … English contemporary dictionary
effeminizing — effeminize (Amer.) v. make effeminate; make more feminine, give a feminine or womanly quality; remove the ovaries of (also effeminise) … English contemporary dictionary
castrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. emasculate, unman; geld. See impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. emasculate, sterilize, asexualize, desex, mutilate, cut, spay, geld, neuter, unman, steer, caponize, effeminize, eunuchize, deprive… … English dictionary for students
castrate — Synonyms and related words: alter, beat down, bleed, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, change, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, cripple, daunt, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, despotize, devitalize, disable, domineer, domineer over, drain,… … Moby Thesaurus
