Emasculate

Quick meaning: Emasculate is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

Meaning

(transitive) To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
2. (transitive, botany) Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.
3. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

Example Sentences

The feisty wife of a world-renowned Russian sculptor emasculated an armed thug outside her Soho home — saying he “didn’t have the cojones to shoot her,” police sources said yesterday.

A few weeks later he came to the conclusion that his mother was emasculating him. He claimed that her grip was so strong on him that he was resentful. Not only was she emasculating, but she was also "castrating" because her demands and expectations were feminizing him.

At Athens the Prieſts and Prieſteſſes were drawn by lot, from the men and virgins of diſtinguiſhed family and irreproachable life. Maimed or deformed perſons were not admitted, and purity and chaſtity were ſo particularly required, that the Prieſts frequently uſed means to emaſculate themselves.

Castration has a ſtrange effect; it emaſculates both man, beaſt and bird, and brings them to a near reſemblance of the other ſex. Thus, eunuchs have ſmooth unmuſcular arms, thighs, and legs; and broad hips, and beardleſs chins, and ſqueaking voices. Gelt stags and bucks have hornleſs heads, like hinds and does.

Word Forms

• emasculates
• emasculating
• emasculated

Synonyms for emasculate

Depending on context, synonyms include unman, debilitate, demasculate, enervate, enfeeble, sissy.

Antonyms for emasculate

Common opposites include empower, invigorate, masculate, strengthen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include castrate, demasculinize, unmanly, effeminate, sissy, cissy.

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