effete 音标拼音: [ɛf'it]
a . 筋疲力尽的,疲惫的,衰微的
筋疲力尽的,疲惫的,衰微的
effete adj 1 :
marked by excessive self -
indulgence and moral decay ; "
a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility "; "
a group of effete self -
professed intellectuals " [
synonym : {
decadent }, {
effete }]
Effete \
Ef *
fete "\,
a . [
L .
effetus that has brought forth ,
exhausted ;
ex fetus that has brought forth .
See {
Fetus }.]
No longer capable of producing young ,
as an animal ,
or fruit ,
as the earth ;
hence ,
worn out with age ;
exhausted of energy ;
incapable of efficient action ;
no longer productive ;
barren ;
sterile .
[
1913 Webster ]
Effete results from virile efforts . --
Mrs .
Browning [
1913 Webster ]
If they find the old governments effete ,
worn out , . .
.
they may seek new ones . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
effete ":
ablated ,
all in ,
anemic ,
arid ,
asthenic ,
ausgespielt ,
barren ,
blah ,
blank ,
bleary ,
bloodless ,
bootless ,
burned -
out ,
burnt up ,
characterless ,
chicken ,
cold ,
colorless ,
coming apart ,
consumed ,
counterproductive ,
cowardly ,
cracking ,
crumbling ,
dead ,
debilitated ,
decadent ,
decayed ,
decaying ,
declining ,
degenerate ,
depleted ,
deteriorating ,
devitalized ,
disabled ,
disintegrating ,
dismal ,
dissipated ,
dissolute ,
done ,
done in ,
done up ,
draggy ,
drained ,
draining ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
drooping ,
droopy ,
dry ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
dusty ,
dwindling ,
eaten up ,
ebbing ,
elephantine ,
emptied ,
empty ,
enervated ,
enfeebled ,
eroded ,
etiolated ,
eviscerated ,
exhausted ,
fade ,
fading ,
failing ,
faint ,
faintish ,
falling ,
far -
gone ,
fatigued ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feckless ,
feeble ,
finished ,
flabby ,
flaccid ,
flagging ,
flat ,
floppy ,
fragmenting ,
frazzled ,
fruitless ,
futile ,
going to pieces ,
gone ,
gutless ,
heavy ,
ho -
hum ,
hollow ,
imbecile ,
immoral ,
impotent ,
impoverished ,
inadequate ,
inane ,
incapacitated ,
ineffective ,
ineffectual ,
inefficacious ,
inexcitable ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
inoperative ,
insipid ,
invalid ,
jaded ,
jejune ,
laid low ,
languid ,
languishing ,
languorous ,
leaden ,
lifeless ,
limber ,
limp ,
listless ,
low -
spirited ,
lustless ,
marcescent ,
marrowless ,
nerveless ,
nugacious ,
nugatory ,
of no force ,
out ,
overripe ,
pale ,
pallid ,
pedestrian ,
pining ,
pithless ,
played out ,
plodding ,
pointless ,
poky ,
ponderous ,
pooped ,
powerless ,
regressive ,
retrograde ,
retrogressive ,
rubbery ,
run -
down ,
sapless ,
sapped ,
shotten ,
shriveling ,
sinewless ,
sinking ,
slack ,
sliding ,
slipping ,
slow ,
slumping ,
soft ,
solemn ,
spent ,
spineless ,
spiritless ,
sterile ,
stiff ,
stodgy ,
strengthless ,
stuffy ,
subsiding ,
superficial ,
tabetic ,
tasteless ,
tedious ,
tired ,
unavailing ,
unfruitful ,
unhardened ,
unlively ,
unnerved ,
unstrung ,
used up ,
useless ,
vain ,
vapid ,
waning ,
washed -
out ,
wasted ,
wasting ,
weak ,
weakened ,
weakly ,
wilting ,
withering ,
wooden ,
worn ,
worn away ,
worn -
out ,
worsening
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