Effeminate vs. Feminine

Effeminateadjective

Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.

Effeminateadjective

(obsolete) Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

Effeminateverb

To make womanly; to unman.

Effeminateverb

(intransitive) To become womanly.

Effeminatenoun

An effeminate person.

Effeminateadjective

Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

Effeminateadjective

Womanlike; womanly; tender; - in a good sense.

Effeminateverb

To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Effeminateverb

To grow womanish or weak.

Effeminateadjective

having unsuitable feminine qualities

Effeminateadjective

characterized by excessive softness or self-indulgence;

Effeminateadjective

(of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

Feminineadjective

Of or pertaining to the female gender; womanly.

Feminineadjective

Of or pertaining to the female sex; biologically female, not male.

Feminineadjective

Belonging to females; typically used by females.

Feminineadjective

Having the qualities stereotypically associated with women: nurturing, not aggressive.

Feminineadjective

(grammar) Of, pertaining or belonging to the female grammatical gender, in languages that have gender distinctions.

Femininenoun

That which is feminine.

Femininenoun

A woman.

Femininenoun

(grammar) The feminine gender.

Femininenoun

(grammar) A word of the feminine gender.

Feminineadjective

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

Feminineadjective

Having the qualities of a woman; becoming or appropriate to the female sex; as, in a good sense, modest, graceful, affectionate, confiding; or, in a bad sense, weak, nerveless, timid, pleasure-loving, effeminate. (Pros.) See Female rhyme, under Female, a.

Femininenoun

a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female

Feminineadjective

associated with women and not with men;

Feminineadjective

of grammatical gender;

Feminineadjective

befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman;

Feminineadjective

(music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable;