Synonyms of effete
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Another word for effete is wasted. Other synonyms of effete are tired, flimsy, languid, enervated and injured.
Synonyms and similar words for effete
adjectiveExhausted, spent, worn-out.
- lowLacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
- used upWorn out; depleted; exhausted; having nothing left; useless, due to the expenditure of all resources.
- consumedFull of, exuding (also figuratively).
- depletedUsed up, expended; of which nothing is left.
- out
- exhausted
- allAll gone; dead.
- expendedSpent; used up; exhausted.
- gone
- finishedDone for; doomed; used up.
- spentConsumed, used up, exhausted, depleted.
- done up obsoleteWorn-out, exhausted.
- forworn archaic
adjectiveLacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- puny
- anemic
- breakable
- broken-down
- damagedThat has suffered damage.
- debilitated
- decrepitWeakened or worn out from age or wear.
- delicate
- dickless
- enervatedWeakened, debilitated or deprived of strength or vitality.
- enfeebledWeakened; reduced to a powerless state.
- faint
- feeble
- flimsyLikely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial.
- fragile
- frail
- harmed
- hurt
- impaired
- impotent
- infirm
- injuredSuffering from an injury.
- languidOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness...
- powerless
- prostrated
- prostrate
- raddledWorn-out and broken-down.
- resistless
- sapped
- slightsoft
- softened
- susceptible
- tender
- tiredOld and worn.
- torpid
- unresistantNot resistant.
- vincibleCapable of being defeated or overcome; assailable or vulnerable.
- vulnerable
- wastedRavaged or deteriorated.
- weak
- weakenedReduced; made less strong.
- weary
- weedy IrelandLacking power or effectiveness.
- wimpyHaving the characteristics of a wimp; feeble, indecisive, cowardly.
- worn out
- yieldingDocile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
adjectiveDecadent, weak through self-indulgence.
- dissipatedWasteful of health or possessions in the pursuit of pleasure.
- incontinent
adjectiveAffected, overrefined.
- feyOverrefined, affected.
- pretentious
- stiltedElevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on...
- affectedSimulated in order to impress.
- recherché
- hoity-toity
- overrefinedRefined to an excessive degree.
- pansified derogatoryOverly adorned; affected.
- precious derogatory
- stagyUnnaturally showy.
- theatricalFake and exaggerated.
- WoosterianFoppish and affected.
- smug obsoleteStudiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim.
Meaning of effete
- adjective Exhausted, spent, worn-out.
- adjective Lacking strength or vitality; feeble, powerless, impotent.
- adjective Decadent, weak through self-indulgence.
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