effeminize

3 definitions found

effeminize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Effeminize \Ef*fem"i*nize\, v. t.
     To make effeminate. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

effeminize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  effeminize
      v 1: to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality
           or appearance to; "This hairdo feminizes the man" [syn:
           feminize, feminise, effeminize, effeminise,
           womanize]

effeminize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "effeminize":
     castrate, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, devitalize,
     effeminate, effeminatize, emasculate, enervate, etiolate, exhaust,
     geld, sissify, soften, sterilize, unman, unnerve, womanize