Effeminate vs. Unmanly

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  • Effeminate (adjective)

    Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a female; unmasculine.

  • Effeminate (adjective)

    Womanly; tender, affectionate, caring.

  • Effeminate (verb)

    To make womanly; to unman.

  • Effeminate (verb)

    To become womanly.

  • Effeminate (noun)

    An effeminate person.

  • Unmanly (adjective)

    Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.

  • Unmanly (adjective)

    Of or pertaining to something not human.

  • Unmanly (adjective)

    Cowardly, base.

  • Unmanly (adjective)

    Not acceptable from a man.

  • Unmanly (adjective)

    Not becoming of a man.

  • Unmanly (adverb)

    In a manner that is unmanly.

Wiktionary
  • Effeminate (adjective)

    (of a man) having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

    “he lisps and his handshake is effeminate”

Oxford Dictionary
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