English dictionary
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English adjective: emasculate | |||
| 1. | emasculate having unsuitable feminine qualities | ||
| Synonyms | cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish | ||
| Similar | unmanful, unmanlike, unmanly | ||
| Antonyms | manful, manlike, manly | ||
English verb: emasculate | |||
| 1. | emasculate (change) deprive of strength or vigor | ||
| Samples | The Senate emasculated the law. | ||
| Synonyms | castrate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weaken | ||
| 2. | emasculate (body) remove the testicles of a male animal | ||
| Synonyms | castrate, demasculinise, demasculinize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caponise, caponize, cut, geld | ||
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