About The Word Emasculate
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Emasculate
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What's The Definition Of Emasculate?
[adj] having unsuitable feminine qualities
[v] remove the testicles of a male animal [v] deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" Synonyms | Synonyms for Emasculate: castrate | castrate | cissy | demasculinise | demasculinize | effeminate | epicene | sissified | sissy | sissyish | unmanful | unmanlike | unmanly Related Terms | Find terms related to Emasculate: alter | castrate | cripple | debilitate | demasculinize | desex | desexualize | devitalize | disable | effeminate | effeminatize | effeminize | enervate | etiolate | eunuchize | exhaust | fix | forceless | geld | hamstring | hobble | impotent | inadequate | incapacitate | ineffective | ineffectual | lame | maim | sissify | soften | spay | spineless | sterilize | unman | unnerve | unsex | unstring | wan | weak | wing | womanize See Also | caponise | caponize | desex | desexualise | desexualize | fix | geld | sterilise | sterilize | unsex | weaken Emasculate In Webster's Dictionary \E*mas"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emasculated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Emasculating}.] [L. emasculare; e + masculus
male, masculine. See {Male} masculine.]
1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate
power; to castrate; to geld.
2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to
render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox.
\E*mas"cu*late\, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. ``Emasculate slave.'' --Hammond. |
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