EFFEMINISING Antonyms

• a male exhibiting or characterized by machismo

• used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

• possessing qualities befitting a man

• characteristic of a man

• possessing qualities befitting a man

• characteristic of a man

• resembling human beings

• possessing qualities befitting a man

• in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man

• characteristic of a man

• male (of grammatical gender)

• associated with men and not with women

• a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male

• (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable

• sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring

• having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface

• topographically very uneven

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• (of a male) capable of copulation

• characterized by energy and vigor

• characteristic of a man