What is another word for effete?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɛfiːt], [ ˈɛfiːt], [ ˈɛ_f_iː_t]
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Similar words for effete:
- all (adjective)
- barren (adjective)
- decadent (adjective)
- decayed (adjective)
- decrepit (adjective)
- degenerate (adjective)
- depleted (adjective)
- done (adjective)
- done in (adjective)
- drained (adjective)
- epicene (adjective)
- exhausted (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- impotent (adjective)
- infertile (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- self-indulgent (adjective)
- spent (adjective)
- spoiled, exhausted (adjective)
- stale (adjective)
- sterile (adjective)
- sybaritic (adjective)
- uncreative (adjective)
- unproductive (adjective)
- weak (adjective)
- wearied (adjective)
- worn (adjective)
- worn-out (adjective)
- worn/worn-out (adjective)
- effete (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- femininity/feminine (noun, adjective)
- other relevant words (noun, adjective)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Effete:
adj.
• all (adjective) • barren (adjective)- de-solate,
- de solate,
- un-fertile,
- most unfertile,
- most infecund,
- most uncultivable,
- more unfertile,
- un-productive,
- more unbearing,
- more uncultivable,
- in-fecund,
- waste,
- un-cultivable,
- empty,
- de-sert,
- un-bearing,
- un bearing,
- un productive,
- un fertile,
- un cultivable,
- de sert,
- most unbearing,
- in fecund,
- wastest,
- more infecund.
- more carrion,
- more carious,
- most carious,
- more decomposed,
- more rotted,
- most carrion,
- most rotted,
- most corroded,
- most decomposed,
- more putrefied,
- de-composed,
- more putrescent,
- more gangrenous,
- most perished,
- most riddled,
- more riddled,
- most putrefied,
- Perished,
- most gangrenous,
- most moldered,
- de composed,
- most putrescent,
- more corroded,
- more perished,
- rotted,
- more moldered.
- in capacitated,
- in-firmest,
- in firmer,
- un-soundest,
- un soundest,
- in-firmer,
- in-capacitated,
- fragile,
- weather beaten,
- un sounder,
- most battered,
- more battered,
- most tumble down,
- in substantial,
- be draggled,
- more tumble-down,
- more fragile,
- rickety,
- most anile,
- un sound,
- more anile,
- creakiest,
- un-sounder,
- brokendown,
- tumble-down,
- tumble down,
- un-sound,
- in-substantial,
- most tumble-down,
- in-firm,
- more quavering,
- most quavering,
- be-draggled,
- superannuated,
- more tumble down,
- in firmest.
- in famous,
- de-generate,
- un-healthier,
- most vitiated,
- most degenerated,
- most flatitious,
- more worsen,
- un-healthiest,
- more flatitious,
- more vitiated,
- more degenerated,
- de generate,
- un healthy,
- infamous,
- de-generated,
- un healthiest,
- most worsen,
- un healthier,
- retro-grade,
- retro grade,
- de generated,
- most demeaned,
- in-famous,
- un-healthy,
- more demeaned.
- fargone,
- more fargone,
- most lessened,
- more collapsed,
- more far gone,
- kaput,
- more emptied,
- more sapped,
- more lessened,
- most sapped,
- most emptied,
- de-creased,
- most depreciated,
- most far-gone,
- more decreased,
- most collapsed,
- more far-gone,
- most fargone,
- most decreased,
- most far gone,
- more depreciated,
- de creased.
- more compassed,
- most compassed,
- more performed,
- terminated,
- most concluded,
- most terminated,
- more terminated,
- most succeeded,
- most performed,
- most consummated,
- most effected,
- more effected,
- more concluded,
- more succeeded,
- more consummated.
- wipedout,
- more hacked,
- most hacked,
- most wiped-out,
- most wiped out,
- more wipedout,
- most wipedout,
- more wiped out,
- more wiped-out.
- more bone-weary,
- more bone weary,
- more dogtired,
- most shot,
- more boneweary,
- out feet,
- out ones feet,
- out on feet,
- out one feet,
- enervated,
- most prostrated,
- most dog-tired,
- most dog tired,
- more frazzled,
- more dog tired,
- bone weary,
- most frazzled,
- most bone-weary,
- limp,
- more dog-tired,
- most boneweary,
- more prostrated,
- more shot,
- dogtired,
- boneweary,
- out on one feet,
- most dogtired,
- most bone weary,
- out one's feet,
- out on ones feet.
- infertile,
- broken down,
- tired out,
- barren,
- Hacked,
- self-indulgent,
- putrescent,
- flatitious,
- germ-free,
- thrown away,
- used up,
- washed up,
- nonproductive,
- all over,
- cliched,
- Unbearing,
- decayed,
- stale,
- gangrenous,
- done-in,
- pegged out,
- like a dinosaur,
- tuckered,
- worn down,
- in want,
- on last leg,
- out of,
- well-worn,
- creaky,
- acarpous,
- ready to drop,
- unprolific,
- uncreative,
- had it,
- bone-weary,
- far-gone,
- short of,
- dog tired,
- played-out,
- dog-tired,
- germfree,
- depleted,
- decrepit,
- zestless,
- degenerate,
- weak,
- worn,
- a wrap,
- devoid of,
- pasteurized,
- sucked out,
- weatherbeaten,
- worn-out,
- the worse for wear,
- spent,
- done,
- uninfected,
- burnt-out,
- unfertile,
- unrewarding,
- creakier,
- anile,
- worse for wear,
- fagged,
- dead tired,
- uncultivable,
- done in,
- unfruitful,
- outta gas,
- non-productive,
- Weariful,
- washed out,
- Infecund,
- uninventive,
- wrung out,
- decadent,
- wornout,
- septic,
- feeble,
- all in,
- in firm,
- wiped-out,
- out on one's feet,
- worn-down,
- drained,
- carious,
- without resources,
- played out,
- tender,
- buttoned up,
- exhausted,
- sanitized.
- more burnt-out,
- most played out,
- more played-out,
- more consumed,
- most done in,
- most shattered,
- playedout,
- more played out,
- most burnt-out,
- most done-in,
- burntout,
- most burnt out,
- more shattered,
- more donein,
- most played-out,
- most burntout,
- more done-in,
- more playedout,
- down drain,
- more disbursed,
- more burnt out,
- most consumed,
- ex-pended,
- donein,
- most expended,
- more burntout,
- more done in,
- most donein,
- most playedout,
- most disbursed,
- ex pended,
- more expended,
- washedup.
- declining,
- debased,
- worn out,
- enfeebled,
- overrefined,
- burnt out,
- vitiated,
- soft,
- obsolete,
- corrupt,
- dissolute,
- dissipated,
- immoral.
- in sipid,
- more well-worn,
- in-sipid,
- yester-day's,
- yester day's,
- more well worn,
- more cliche ridden,
- fusty,
- yester-days,
- yester day,
- most zestless,
- most cliche,
- un original,
- more cliche,
- yesterday's,
- most well-worn,
- most cliche ridden,
- repetitious,
- most wellworn,
- wellworn,
- more zestless,
- cliche-ridden,
- yester-day,
- cliche ridden,
- yesterday,
- well worn,
- yester days,
- more wellworn,
- un-original,
- more cliche-ridden,
- most cliche-ridden,
- stereo typed,
- motheaten,
- timeworn,
- most well worn,
- like dinosaur.
- germ free,
- most unprolific,
- dis infected,
- un-infected,
- anti septic,
- most uninfected,
- more germ-free,
- more germfree,
- un profitable,
- most pasteurized,
- more disinfected,
- without issue,
- more decontaminated,
- most germ-free,
- more uninfected,
- anti-septic,
- de contaminated,
- un infected,
- most germ free,
- un prolific,
- more unprolific,
- most germfree,
- de-contaminated,
- more pasteurized,
- most septic,
- more septic,
- most decontaminated,
- un-prolific,
- dis-infected,
- more germ free,
- most disinfected.
n.
• effete (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)n. & a.
• femininity/feminine (noun, adjective) • Other relevant words: (noun, adjective)Other synonyms:
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- machismo,
- masculinity,
- male-dominated,
- macho,
- MASC,
- boyish.
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- emasculate.
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- manhood.
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- male.
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- camp.
How to use "Effete" in context?
The English word "effete" comes from the latin word "effetus," meaning "vain, showy, or out of place." The term may particularly refer to an individual who indulges in luxury and excesses beyond what is deemed necessary and proper, or to a branch of art or culture that has become excessively sophisticated. The Oxford English Dictionary defines effete as "sumptuous, overjaded, spurious, affected.
Homophones for Effete:
- eft, epithet, epiphyte, ephippidae, eyebath, E. B. White, ebb out, EBITDA, ebbtide, evade.
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