emasculate
21emasculate — v. a. 1. Castrate, geld, glib, deprive of virility, deprive of procreative power. 2. Weaken, enervate, debilitate, unman, effeminate, effeminize, emolliate, make effeminate, deprive of native vigor …
22emasculate — verb (transitive often passive) 1 to make someone or something weaker or less effective: The bill has been emasculated by Congress. 2 to make a man feel less male: Some men feel emasculated if they work for a woman. 3 technical to remove all or… …
23emasculate — verb the opposition emasculated the committee s proposal Syn: weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, erode, undermine, cripple; remove the sting from, pull the teeth out of; informal water down …
24emasculate — v 1. castrate, asexualize, alter, de masculinize, effeminize; unman, eunuchize, (both of fowl) capon, caponize, (of horses) geld, Inf. fix, Inf. cut; maim, cripple, mutilate. 2. weaken, soften, debilitate; render harmless, render ineffectual,… …
25emasculate — emas·cu·late …
26emasculate — e•mas•cu•late v. [[t]ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt[/t]] adj. [[t] lɪt, ˌleɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing, adj. 1) to castrate 2) to deprive of strength or vigor; weaken 3) deprived of strength or vigor; gelded • Etymology: 1600–10; < L ēmasculātus, ptp. of… …
27emasculate — verb (t) /əˈmæskjəleɪt / (say uh maskyuhlayt), /i / (say ee ) (emasculated, emasculating) 1. to castrate. 2. to deprive of strength or vigour; weaken; render effeminate. –adjective /əˈmæskjələt / (say uh maskyuhluht), /i / (say ee ), / leɪt/ (say …
28emasculate — v.t. or a. castrate; weaken; deprive of vigour; render inoffensive., a. effeminate. ♦ emasculation, n. ♦ emasculative, ♦ emasculatory, a …
29emasculate — To castrate; to remove the testicles. To deprive of virility or strength. See eunuch …
30emasculate — v. & adj. v.tr. 1 deprive of force or vigour; make feeble or ineffective. 2 castrate. adj. 1 deprived of force or vigour. 2 castrated. 3 effeminate. Derivatives: emasculation n. emasculator n. emasculatory adj. Etymology: L emasculatus past part …
