EFFEMINISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effeminise mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFEMINISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they effeminise    ... he / she / it effeminises   
Past simple: effeminised   
Past participle: effeminised   
-ing form: effeminising   

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 "effeminise" is one way to...):

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

Sentence frames:

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