emasculate Synonyms
Another word for emasculate
• verb (Context 1)
To deprive a man of his male role, identity, or sense of virility and confidence.
"He felt that his supervisor's constant public criticism was intended to unman him in front of his peers."
• verb (Context 2)
To make something weaker or less effective; to deprive a law, organization, or text of its force or vigor.
"The last-minute amendments threatened to weaken the environmental protection bill."
• verb (Context 3)
To castrate a male animal or person, or to remove the anthers from a flower bud to prevent self-pollination.
"Plant breeders carefully castrate the blossoms before introducing pollen from the selected parent strain."
• adjective (Context 4)
Deprived of vigor, strength, or effectiveness; weakened or effeminate.
"The critic dismissed the heavily edited adaptation as an emasculated version of a once-bold novel."
• adjective (Context 5)
Castrated; having the male reproductive organs removed (including in botany, having the anthers or stamens removed).
"In hybrid seed production, the castrated flowers are carefully pollinated by hand."
Opposites of emasculate
The opposite of emasculate shifts depending on context. Common opposites include: