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1. emasculate
verb. ['əˈmæskjuːlɪt, əˈmæskjuːˌleɪt'] deprive of strength or vigor.
Synonyms
- weaken
Antonyms
- unchain
- dislodge
Etymology
- emasculo (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Emasculate
- accumulate
- adulate
- angulate
- annihilate
- appellate
- articulate
- assimilate
- benlate
- boilerplate
- breastplate
- calculate
- circulate
- coagulate
- congratulate
- contemplate
- copulate
- correlate
- crenelate
- depopulate
- desolate
2. emasculate
adjective. ['əˈmæskjuːlɪt, əˈmæskjuːˌleɪt'] having unsuitable feminine qualities.
Synonyms
- unmanlike
- unmanful
- sissified
- effeminate
- unmanly
- epicene
- cissy
- sissyish
Antonyms
- infect
- unwire
- unlock
- unpin
Etymology
- emasculo (Latin)
3. emasculate
verb. ['əˈmæskjuːlɪt, əˈmæskjuːˌleɪt'] remove the testicles of a male animal.
Synonyms
- unsex
- fix
- cut
- castrate
- desexualize
- sterilise
- demasculinize
- demasculinise
- caponize
- geld
- desex
- desexualise
- caponise
Antonyms
- untie
- unstaple
- unbar
- unzip
Etymology
- emasculo (Latin)
Example sentences of the word emasculate
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Mothers rarely emasculate their sons; they simply aid them in gaining a security around women, the masculine quality of looking after and taking care of the women in their lives.