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Showing or displaying a lack of courage or weakness of character

Weak or lacking strength or vitality

Having lost all desirable qualities

Barren and unable to produce crops

Not capable of effective action

Affected or over-refined

Exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered unmasculine

Feeling very tired or fatigued

Lacking care or enthusiasm

Devoted to pleasure

Finished or having been brought to an end

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Adjective

Showing or displaying a lack of courage or weakness of character

chicken-hearted

chicken-livered

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

hemming and hawing

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

lacking courage

easily frightened

having the willies

shilly-shallying

having cold feet

sitting on the fence

blowing hot and cold

afraid of one's own shadow

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

lacking assurance

lacking self-confidence

approval-seeking

not self-assured

lacking in confidence

lacking confidence

lacking in vitality

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“Our culture appears to have grown rather effete and prefers to avoid ideological confrontation.”

Adjective

Weak or lacking strength or vitality

rendered feeble

in declining health

out of condition

no spring chicken

long in the tooth

under the weather

on the sick list

green about the gills

not in good shape

not up to snuff

out of commission

in poor condition

hospitalized^US

hospitalised^UK

under medication

confined to bed

like death warmed up

at death's door

physically challenged

not feeling well

the worse for wear

hypochondriacal

chronically ill

running temperature

feeling terrible

sick as a parrot

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“The orgies of that fatal and egotistic period have produced an effete generation.”

Adjective

Having lost all desirable qualities

“In this effete world, beautiful things bore, and horrible things please.”

Adjective

Barren and unable to produce crops

nonreproductive

without vegetation

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“The cultivator sends his fleets to far distant seas to gather from desert isles as a precious treasure the very manure which his effete land requires.”

Adjective

Not capable of effective action

“The effete aristocrats must rely on the butler's practical skills to survive, and the balance of power shifts from master to servant.”

Adjective

Affected or over-refined

hyperventilated

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“Being perceived as an effete art student often made the dressing room a very uncomfortable place for me.”

Adjective

Exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered unmasculine

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“When Clayton is first introduced, he is a slightly creepy, effete cowboy with a pronounced Irish accent.”

Adjective

Feeling very tired or fatigued

out on one's feet

worn to a frazzle

on your last legs

puffing and blowing

gasping for breath

extremely tired

running on empty

asleep on one's feet

dead on one's feet

like death warmed up

with sunken cheeks

the worse for wear

dead and buried

gone to the wall

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Lacking care or enthusiasm

lacking vitality

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Devoted to pleasure

pleasure-seeking

pleasure-loving

self-gratifying

physically gratifying

comfort-seeking

gone to the dogs

near the knuckle

sexually arousing

sexually explicit

sexually stimulating

sexually exciting

sexually excited

in the fast lane

close to the bone

beyond the pale

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Finished or having been brought to an end

brought to pass

over and done with

ancient history

materialised^UK

materialized^US

all over but the shouting

having had enough of

put into effect

brought to a close

a thing of the past

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