emasculate
deprived of or lacking strength or vigor; effeminate.
Origin of emasculate
1Other words for emasculate
Other words from emasculate
- e·mas·cu·la·tion, noun
- e·mas·cu·la·tive, adjective
- e·mas·cu·la·tor, noun
- e·mas·cu·la·to·ry [ih-mas-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ɪˈmæs kyə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective
- self-e·mas·cu·la·tion, noun
- un·e·mas·cu·lat·ed, adjective
- un·e·mas·cu·la·tive, adjective
- un·e·mas·cu·la·to·ry, adjective
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How to use emasculate in a sentence
Mike Mullen emasculates David Petraeus in front of the president when the latter tries to circulate a memo.
Castration has a strange effect: it emasculates both man, beast, and bird, and brings them to a near resemblance of the other sex.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert WhiteIt emasculates boys, stunts girls; makes semi-eunuchs of one sex, and agenes of the other.
Sex in Education | Edward H. ClarkeHow tyranny alters the noblest beings, and emasculates them!
Rule of the Monk | Giuseppe GaribaldiHowever this may be, the restoration of the younger sister, like all good endings foisted on tragedies, emasculates the story.
The nomad has a not altogether unfounded instinct that such acceptance of material restraints emasculates both soul and body.
Expositor's Bible: The Book of Jeremiah | William Henry Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for emasculate
to remove the testicles of; castrate; geld
to deprive of vigour, effectiveness, etc
botany to remove the stamens from (a flower) to prevent self-pollination for the purposes of plant breeding
castrated; gelded
deprived of strength, effectiveness, etc
Origin of emasculate
1Derived forms of emasculate
- emasculation, noun
- emasculative or emasculatory, adjective
- emasculator, noun
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