effeminise

• Verbo geralmente usado em contexto formal ou literário para dizer tornar efeminado, ou seja, dar a um homem características femininas na aparência ou no comportamento; também pode indicar enfraquecer ou amolecer o caráter, tornando-o menos viril.

An obsolete verb meaning to make effeminate or to render a man womanish in appearance or character.

1. Make more feminineC2formal

   To give a more feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to someone or something.

   Efeminizar

   • The fashion of the time tended to effeminise men's clothing.
   • Some critics argued that the new design would effeminise the traditional uniform.
   • The artist's style was said to effeminise the heroic figures in his paintings.

   Sinônimosfeminisefeminize

   Antônimosmasculinisevirilise