effeminate in English
Use "effeminate" in a sentence
1. The way he walks is a bit effeminate, and he sounds effeminate too.
2. The face was round and smooth, almost effeminate.
3. His character is effeminate.
4. He has an effeminate manner.
5. Will he look much or a bit effeminate?
6. He spoke in an effeminate voice.
7. They are held to be somewhat effeminate.
8. He's got a very effeminate manner/voice.
9. It will not effeminate the boy's mind.
10. Also, he had effeminate voice and faces too.
11. Some times. but also can be very effeminate.
12. His voice was curiously high-pitched, reedy, almost effeminate.
13. He was very young and handsome in a slightly effeminate way.
14. 11 His voice was curiously high-pitched, reedy, almost effeminate.
15. 2nd century AD), sophist and rhetorician Apollonius the Effeminate (fl
16. His hair, in long, effeminate ringlets, was barley-fair, like Oliver's.
17. Contrary to his effeminate appearance, he said without reserve during interview.
18. See the handsome but effeminate young man; he has no virile character.
19. Thy beauty hath made me effeminate And in my temper soften'd valour's steel.
20. His brown Andalusian face was the typical young Bullfighter's face—boyish, almost effeminate with its mild contours
21. He is an effeminate country youngster with watery blue eyes and hair parted in the middle.
22. Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate man , especially a gay or homosexual man.
23. He had already said as much to Mistress Philippa when he had met her and her rather effeminate betrothed.
24. This reflects not only homophobia but also sexism, since gay men are stereotyped as effeminate, too much like women.
25. Wang is a thin and slightly effeminate young man in his mid-twenties, who is devoted to the finer things in life.
26. Words like coward, stupid or effeminate should probably never be used unless the client has used that very word himself.
27. 9 This reflects not only homophobia but also sexism, since gay men are stereotyped as effeminate, too much like women.
28. The first gay characters appeared on the silent screen 70 years ago, when archly effeminate sissies were exploited for cheap laughs.
29. Brinke Stevens is straight and has been downright flaming -- she is breaking our gaydar! Don't get me wrong but the manliest men often have man-crushes on effeminate men
30. Antisemitism, support for Nazi Germany, portrayals of their enemies as sub-men or as effeminate were all features of BUF policy and rhetoric.
31. In a surprising turn of events, historically derided as weak, effeminate and unworthy of manhood, the Brahmin has come under the lens for 'Brahminical patriarchy'.
32. In Jamaican Patois, Batty boy (also Batty bwoy, Batty man, and chi chi bwoy/man) is a swear word often used to refer to a gay or effeminate man
33. 1725, Sir Philip Sidney, The works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney: These Cocklings cocker'd we bewail too late, When that we see our off-spring gaily bent, Women manwood, and men effeminate.
34. In Euripides’ Bacchae, careful examination of the character Dionysus illuminates discrepancies in action based on gender.Ultimately, Dionysus’ effeminate nature compounded with his subversive measures toward women and male proclivities suggest an inherent duality.
35. But it turns out that was sort of true—although we could have had rolling suitcases for much longer if not for men not wanting to appear effeminate by rolling their luggage instead of Brawnily
36. (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.2007, David Rothwell, Dictionary of Homonyms, Wordsworth Editions →ISBN, page 88 More recently the word has become colloquial English for either implying that someone is a homosexual (‘he's very Camp’), or for describing rather outre …
37. Alexander Woollcott and Harpo Marx both came of age in the pre-war New York that Chauncey describes, and, if their relationship was not a consummated homosexual pairing, it seems nonetheless to have partaken of the dynamics of fairy and trade—Uncle Acky, uptown, effeminate, neurotic, and verbal, and Little Harpo, downtown, masculine, cocky