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emasculate

/ɪˈmæskjʊleɪt/

verb

Meaning

  • To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.

  • To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.

  • Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Synonyms

debilitate,
demasculate,
enervate,
enfeeble,
unman,
unman

adjective

Meaning

  • Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.