EFFETE


Meaning of EFFETE in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: sterile 1, barren, impotent, infecund, infertile, unfruitful

2.

having lost energy or drive

effete, weary, burned-out revolutionaries

Synonyms: all in, bleary, ||clapped-out, depleted, done, done in, drained, exhausted, far-gone, spent, used up, washed-out, worn-out

Related Word: consumed; debilitated, enfeebled, fatigued

Idioms: on one's last legs, out on one's feet

Contrasted words: alive, lively, vigorous, vital

3.

having lost character

a soft, effete society

Synonyms: decadent, decayed, degenerate, overripe

Related Word: decaying, declining; soft, weak; dissolute, immoral

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