Thesaurus / effete
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Tarantino says, “The days are gone” of Diego “pretending to be effete.”
ZORRO AT 100: WHY THE ORIGINAL SWASHBUCKLER IS STILL THE QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICAN ACTION HEROMICHAEL SRAGOWJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWWould those silly men, those servile votaries of fortune, those effete courtiers, have said this a week ago?
THE 'CHARACTERS' OF JEAN DE LA BRUYREJEAN DE LA BRUYREMany chemical substances can be combined with water to cleanse these effete productions from the skin.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XV., NO. 388, JUNE 9, 1883VARIOUSThe crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.
THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARYAMBROSE BIERCEThe Terms had adopted mankind's culture, they had no further need of their effete native customs.
EXPLOITER'S ENDJAMES CAUSEYI tell you, Grant, I'm not surprised any more that you Easterners get effete and worthless.
THE FASHIONABLE ADVENTURES OF JOSHUA CRAIGDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPSThe Negroes suffered from the touch of the moral contagion of this effete matter driven out of European society.
HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA FROM 1619 TO 1880. VOL 1GEORGE W. WILLIAMSThe effete and placid Thedor was supported by a Douma (Council) of five.
THE RISE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIREHECTOR H. MUNROThat is the cry of the effete, of the thing which must soon fall into decay.
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WORDS RELATED TO EFFETE
- beat
- bushed
- busted
- clichéd
- consumed
- depleted
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- dinged
- drained
- drawn
- effete
- exhausted
- fatigued
- frayed
- gone
- hackneyed
- had it
- haggard
- jaded
- kaput
- knocked out
- old
- overused
- overworked
- pegged out
- pinched
- played-out
- pooped
- ragged
- ruined
- shabby
- shot
- spent
- stale
- tattered
- threadbare
- timeworn
- tired
- tired out
- totaled
- used up
- useless
- wearied
- weary
- well-worn
- wiped out
- worn-down
- worn-out
- wrung out
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