Synonyms for emasculate
- verb
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Weaken — to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness
2. Castrate
Adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
- v. 2
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
- adj. 1
Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.
Related words
- Word family
- emasculation
Forms
- Past participle
- emasculated
e.g. emasculated → weakened, debilitated, unmanned, enervated…
Example sentences
- weaken This could profoundly weaken the Algerian economy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| emasculate | falling | |
| weaken | steady | |
| debilitate | rising | |
| enervate | steady | |
| unman | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- spay1, geld
- 5 letters
- sissy2, unman
- 6 letters
- weaken2
- 7 letters
- epicene
- 8 letters
- castrate2, enfeeble3, enervate, sissyish
- 9 letters
- sissified
- 10 letters
- effeminate4, debilitate4
- 11 letters
- demasculate
- 13 letters
- demasculinise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sissy2 = 2 syllables).