Effeminize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Effeminize \Ef*fem"i*nize\, v. t.
     To make effeminate. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  effeminize
       v : to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or
           appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" [syn: {feminize},
            {feminise}, {erreminise}, {womanize}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "effeminize":
     castrate, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, devitalize,
     effeminate, effeminatize, emasculate, enervate, etiolate, exhaust,
     geld, sissify, soften, sterilize, unman, unnerve, womanize