'Emasculate' definitions:
Definition of 'emasculate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Emasculate'
From: GCIDE
- Emasculate \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness. [1913 Webster]
- Luxury had not emasculated their minds. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'emasculate'
From: GCIDE
- emasculate \e*mas"cu*late\, a. Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned; weak. "Emasculate slave." --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emasculate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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