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   emasculate

   /ɪˈmaskjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. deprive (a man) of his male role or identity: "in his mind, her success emasculated him"
   • ▪ castrate (a man or male animal). archaic Similar castrateneutergeldcutdesexasexualizesterilizeremove the testicles ofunmanalterinformal:doctorfixrare:eviratecaponizeeunuchize
   • ▪ remove the anthers from (a flower).
   • 2. make (someone or something) weaker or less effective: "the refusal to allow them to testify effectively emasculated the committee" Similar weakenmake feeble/feeblerdebilitateenfeebleenervatediluteerodeundermineimpoverishcripplereduce the powers ofremove the sting frompull the teeth ofinformal:water downOpposite strengthen

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin emasculat- ‘castrated’, from the verb emasculare, from e- (variant of ex-, expressing a change of state) + masculus ‘male’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. emasculation noun
   • 2. emasculatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • E

     1

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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