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- pronunciation:
- ih
fit
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
lacking healthy vigor or effectiveness; worn out.
- synonyms:
- enervated, feeble, powerless, weak
- antonyms:
- lusty, robust
- similar words:
- barren, decadent, drained, exhausted, ineffectual, sapped, spent, sterile, unproductive, wasted, worn-out
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| definition 2: |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste.
His father regarded poetry as an effete pastime.- antonyms:
- rugged
- similar words:
- mincing, precious
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| related words: |
limp, stale |
adverb + (adj.)effete
somewhat
(adj.)effete
+ noun
club, culture, fashion, game, gentleman, habit, intellectual, manner, matter, mind, snob, stereotype, tad, tradition, type
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| derivations: |
effetely (adv.), effeteness (n.) |
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