emasculate
verb /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/
/ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they emasculate | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪt/ |
| he / she / it emasculates | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪts/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪts/ |
| past simple emasculated | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle emasculated | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form emasculating | /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈmæskjuleɪtɪŋ/ |
- emasculate somebody/something to make somebody/something less powerful or less effective
- emasculate somebody to make a man feel that he has lost his male role or qualities
- He felt emasculated by her dominance.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin emasculat- ‘castrated’, from the verb emasculare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + masculus ‘male’.