emasculate
11emasculate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unman, castrate, geld, alter, effeminize; devitalize, debilitate; dispirit, demoralize. See weakness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To sterilize] Syn. geld, unman, mutilate; see castrate . 2.… …
12emasculate — [[t]ɪmæ̱skjʊleɪt[/t]] emasculates, emasculating, emasculated 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone or something is emasculated, they have been made weak and ineffective. [be V ed] Left wing dissidents have been emasculated and marginalised... [V n]… …
13emasculate — emasculation, n. emasculative, adj. emasculator, n. emasculatory /i mas kyeuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. v. /i mas kyeuh layt /; adj. /i mas kyeuh lit, layt /, v., emasculated, emasculating, adj. v.t. 1 …
14emasculate — 1. adjective /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. 2. verb /ɪˈmæs.kjəˌleɪt/ a) To deprive of virile or procreative power; …
15emasculate — emas·cu·late i mas kyə .lāt vt, lat·ed; lat·ing to deprive of virility or procreative power: CASTRATE emas·cu·la·tion .mas kyə lā shən n * * * emas·cu·late (e masґku lāt) to castrate a male …
16emasculate — Synonyms and related words: alter, castrate, cripple, debilitate, demasculinize, desex, desexualize, devitalize, disable, effeminate, effeminatize, effeminize, enervate, etiolate, eunuchize, exhaust, fix, forceless, geld, hamstring, hobble,… …
17emasculate — e|mas|cu|late [ıˈmæskjuleıt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: emasculatus, past participle of emasculare, from masculus male ] 1.) to make a man feel weaker and less male ▪ Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman. 2.) to make… …
18emasculate — e|mas|cu|late [ ı mæskjə,leıt ] verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) to reduce the power or effectiveness of something: He has closed opposition newspapers and emasculated the courts. 2. ) to make a man feel weaker and less male ╾ e|mas|cu|la|tion [… …
19emasculate — e·mas·cu·late || ɪ mæskjÊŠleɪt v. castrate; weaken …
20emasculate — [ɪ maskjʊleɪt] verb 1》 [usu. as adjective emasculated] deprive (a man) of his male role or identity. 2》 make weaker or less effective. 3》 Botany remove the male parts (anthers) from (a flower). Derivatives emasculation noun emasculator noun …
