Effete
Effete adjective - Lacking strength of will or character.
Usage example: the governor is too effete to take on the powerful special interests that really run this state
Lily-livered and effete are semantically related. in weak topic. In some cases you can use "Lily-livered" instead an adjective "Effete".
Lily-livered
Lily-livered adjective - Having or showing a shameful lack of courage.
Effete and lily-livered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effete" instead an adjective phrase "Lily-livered".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- faint and effete
- faint and lily-livered
- soft and effete
- soft and lily-livered
- cowardly and effete
- cowardly and lily-livered
- inadequate and effete
- inadequate and lily-livered
- feeble and effete
- feeble and lily-livered
- weak and effete
- weak and lily-livered
- ineffective and effete
- ineffective and lily-livered
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Lily-livered and Effete. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/effete/lily-livered
Effete & Lily-livered. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/effete/lily-livered>.
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