to emasculate
10
8.8
- verb
- /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪt/
:
debilitar
- As far as I can see, American men have been totally emasculated.
- men are emasculated
- emasculated by trauma
And there's this, this by curiosity that they feel emasculates their heterosexuality.
- And there's this, this by curiosity that they feel emasculates their heterosexuality.
- And men are self emasculating and men emasculate other men.
- All of the MAGA men in Congress that have allowed Donald Trump and Elon Musk to emasculate them is beyond the pale.
- Maybe you can overpower him with your words and you can belittle him and emasculate him and do those things.
- All of these things can emasculate him in that moment and can cause him to feel, not even just cause him to feel.
Examples
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Many believe the recent changes will emasculate the effectiveness of the program.
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A restructuring of the upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, emasculated that body.
Academic text (2001) -
The task was not "to emasculate the surviving great powers," he wrote.
Academic text (1990) -
But Democrats like Pete Buttigieg want to emasculate the way we drive.
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And in the last two weeks, they have completely and totally emasculated two pretty well-regarded teams.
Blog text (7) -
Yet such unlikely possibilities should not justify emasculating the preliminary investigation at the Justice Department level.
Academic text (1998) -
They've got a stealth bill being drafted to emasculate Medicaid.
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Simply emasculating the state's policy-making capability does not address the problem, but can complicate it instead.
Academic text (2007) -
Government regulation emasculates competitive exchange in both economic and political spheres and replaces it with monopoly rents.
Academic text (1992) -
The new regulations are designed to emasculate the power of local governments.
Synonyms
305
2.8
To make people and things less strong or effective
201
3.7
To become less in size, importance, or value
162
2.1
To make something weaker or in a worse state
83
4.2
Gradually make someone's trust, belief, or support weaker over time
61
5.1
To make something worse or less able to work
49
5.1
To make something worse in quality or value
37
3.5
To remove barriers that stop people from doing something
34
2.8
To make something smaller in amount or strength
32
5.9
Make something seem less good or less valuable
23
6.8
To become less strong or severe and to make something do the same
22
5.0
To make something seem less important or respected
20
4.6
To make someone feel less confident or important
20
7.7
To make a person, animal, or thing weak and less able to work
14
5.6
To slowly make someone or something weaker
12
6.8
To make something lose its effect or value
10
9.1
To take away an important part so something loses its power
10
5.1
To make a list or group smaller by removing items over time
9
7.9
To make something weaker, like sound or light
7
8.8
To take away the power of something so it cannot work well
3
5.5
To make a feeling, sound, or pain less strong
3
5.9
To make something smaller gradually by cutting or wearing it away
2
7.9
To make a threat or criticism less powerful
1
9.9
To make people or forces fewer and weaker by slow, steady pressure
1
9.8
Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well
1
9.9
To reduce the number of people slowly over time
To stop someone from gaining power or success
To make a place or group less lively and energetic
Antonyms
How Weakening
Surface Forms
Etymology
Emasculate comes from the Latin parts ex- meaning 'out' and masculus meaning 'male', and it shares the same root as masculine. So to emasculate something is like taking away its 'male' strength, which is why the word now means to make something weaker or less effective.