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单词 emasculated
释义

emasculated

adjective

emas·​cu·​lat·​ed i-ˈma-skyə-ˌlā-təd How to pronounce emasculated (audio)
: deprived of or lacking virility, strength, or vigor
He was a boy split in allegiance between a snobbish, devouring mother and an emasculated father. Betty Harper Fussell
Clooney languished as one of the emasculated boy-toys on "Sisters" for two years. Rick Marin
The old Russian matriarchy survives in a society where strong, self-sacrificing, self-sufficient women dominate passive, emasculated husbands. The Wilson Quarterly

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

emasculated 1 of 2

adjective

as in castrated

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • castrated
  • neutered
  • altered
  • sterilized
  • gelded
  • impotent
  • sterile
  • desexed
  • infertile
  • spayed
  • unfruitful
  • fruitless
  • unproductive
  • barren

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fertile
  • fat
  • productive
  • fruitful
  • rich
  • enriched
  • impregnated
  • prolific
  • pregnant
  • luxuriant
  • fecund
  • fertilized
  • potent
  • bearing
  • flourishing
  • producing
  • bursting
  • yielding
  • blooming
  • teeming
  • swarming
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emasculated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of emasculate
as in paralyzed
to deprive of courage or confidence being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • paralyzed
  • frightened
  • terrified
  • intimidated
  • scared
  • demoralized
  • enfeebled
  • unnerved
  • neutered
  • unsettled
  • weakened
  • debilitated
  • unmanned
  • enervated
  • terrorized
  • unstrung
  • softened
  • discouraged
  • wasted
  • dispirited
  • disturbed
  • sapped
  • tired
  • unbalanced
  • disheartened
  • undid
  • upset
  • crazed
  • perturbed
  • dismayed
  • deranged
  • daunted
  • unhinged
  • maddened
  • disquieted
  • prostrated
  • fazed
  • weirded out
  • discomposed
  • psyched (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • strengthened
  • fortified
  • nerved
  • encouraged
  • emboldened
  • heartened
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