effete
[adjective]
Synonyms: decadent, dissipated, enfeebled, feeble, ineffectual, spoiled, weak

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Contrasted words: alive, lively, vigorous, vital
Related Idioms: on one's last legs, out on one's feet
Related Words: consumed, debilitated, enfeebled, fatigued, decaying, declining, soft, weak, dissolute, immoral

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ef‧fete /ɪˈfiːt $ e-/ adjective formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: effetus, from fetus 'producing young']

1. weak and powerless in a way that you dislike:
effete intellectuals

2. an effete man looks or behaves like a woman Synonym : effeminate

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