EFFEMINIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effeminize mean? 

• EFFEMINIZE (verb)
  The verb EFFEMINIZE has 1 sense:

1. to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

  Familiarity information: EFFEMINIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFEMINIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they effeminize    ... he / she / it effeminizes   
Past simple: effeminized   
Past participle: effeminized   
-ing form: effeminizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

effeminise; effeminize; feminise; feminize; womanize

Context example:

This hairdo feminizes the man

Hypernyms (to "effeminize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody