effete
The word “effete” has 2 syllables: ef-fete
It's pronounced as /ɪˈfiːt/
What is synonym and antonym for effete?
In the thesaurus, “effete” has 156 synonyms and 66 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for effete along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for effete
- antimacho
- asthenic
- barren
- breakable
- broken-down
- burnt out
- camp
- campy
- challenged
- characterless
- corrupt
- cowardly
- craven
- damaged
- dandyish
- dastardly
- debased
- debauched
- debilitated
- decadent
- decayed
- decaying
- declining
- decrepit
- degenerate
- degraded
- delicate
- demoralized
- depraved
- disabled
- dissipated
- dissolute
- dizzy
- down-and-out
- drained
- dudish
- dying
- effeminate
- emasculated
- enervate
- enervated
- enfeebled
- epicene
- exhausted
- failing
- faint
- fainthearted
- far-gone
- feeble
- feminine
- flabby
- flaccid
- flagging
- flimsy
- foppish
- forceless
- fragile
- frail
- fruitless
- girlie
- girlish
- girly
- groggy
- harmed
- hurt
- immoral
- impaired
- impotent
- impuissant
- incapacitated
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- infecund
- infertile
- infirm
- injured
- invalid
- invertebrate
- irresolute
- lamblike
- lame
- languid
- lily-livered
- limp-wristed
- low
- meek
- milk-and-water
- namby-pamby
- nebbishy
- nerveless
- obsolete
- old-maidish
- overnice
- overrefined
- overripe
- paralyzed
- played-out
- pliable
- poltroon
- powerless
- precious
- prissy
- prostrate
- prostrated
- pusillanimous
- resistless
- rocky
- sapped
- sappy
- sissified
- sissy
- slight
- soft
- softened
- spent
- spineless
- spinsterish
- sterile
- submissive
- susceptible
- tender
- timid
- tired
- unfruitful
- unmanly
- unnerved
- unprincipled
- unprolific
- unresistant
- unscrupulous
- unsound
- unsteady
- unsubstantial
- vacillating
- villainous
- vitiated
- vulnerable
- waning
- washed-out
- washed-up
- wasted
- weak
- weak-kneed
- weakened
- weakling
- weary
- wet
- wimpish
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- womanish
- womanlike
- womanly
- woozy
- worn-out
- yielding
Antonyms for effete
- able-bodied
- athletic
- backboned
- beefy
- brawny
- capable
- competent
- convalescing
- courageous
- determined
- energetic
- energized
- ethical
- firm
- fit
- fortified
- good
- hale
- hard
- hardened
- hardy
- healthy
- husky
- inured
- invigorated
- lusty
- manlike
- manly
- mannish
- masculine
- mettlesome
- mighty
- moral
- muscular
- powerful
- principled
- productive
- recovering
- recuperating
- red-blooded
- resolute
- right
- righteous
- robust
- rugged
- sinewy
- sound
- stalwart
- stout
- stouthearted
- strapping
- strengthened
- strong
- sturdy
- tireless
- tough
- toughened
- undecadent
- unrelenting
- upright
- useful
- vigorous
- virile
- virtuous
- vitalized
- working
Meanings of effete
- adjective
- Of substances, quantities etc: exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
- (of a person) Affected, overrefined.
Example Sentences
- The aristocrat's effete demeanor hinted at a life of luxury and leisure.
- The once powerful empire had grown weak and effete due to years of corruption.
- Her argument against progress seemed effete in the face of overwhelming evidence.
- The old traditions were deemed effete by the younger generation, who sought change.
- The decadent society was criticized for its effete pursuit of pleasure at the expense of progress.
On this page you'll find 222 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to effete, such as: able-bodied, antimacho, asthenic, athletic, backboned, barren, beefy.
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Related Words
zestless
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wasted
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- blew
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- blitzed
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- blotto
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- boozed up
- boozy
- breakable
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- buzzed
- cadaverous
- canned
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- clobbered
- cockeyed
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- crushed
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- felled
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- flagging
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- mastered
- maudlin
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- pickled
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- pillaged
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- plundered
- potted
- powerless
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- pulverized
- ran through
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- resistless
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- rocky
- routed
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- sapped
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- shattered
- shot
- shriveled
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- sinewy
- skeletal
- skin and bones
- skinny
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- slew
- slight
- sloshed
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- spoiled
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- strung out
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- three sheets in the wind
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- tiddly
- tight
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- trampled
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- trimmed
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- vandalized
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unathletic
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camp
- Daliesque
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