as in to paralyze
to deprive of courage or confidence
being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience
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Recent Examples of emasculate
By emasculating standards for performance, equity grading has both encouraged and hidden academic dysfunction.
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Apparently, not in the D.C. Court of Appeals, and our cowardly Congress will rue the day this emasculating ruling remains the law of the land.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
He’s not emasculated, there’s no affair on the side, there’s no secret loathing, there’s no immature handling of arguments or true failures of communication with dire consequences.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 19 July 2025
Ben feels emasculated by his layoff and the sext-only affair that Louise had with one of the dads at their daughter Agnes’s (Alix West Lefler) school.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Apparently, not in the D.C. Court of Appeals, and our cowardly Congress will rue the day this emasculating ruling remains the law of the land.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
He’s not emasculated, there’s no affair on the side, there’s no secret loathing, there’s no immature handling of arguments or true failures of communication with dire consequences.
—Alex Ross, People.com, 19 July 2025
Ben feels emasculated by his layoff and the sext-only affair that Louise had with one of the dads at their daughter Agnes’s (Alix West Lefler) school.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emasculate
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Shortly after Henry’s death, Augusta suffered two paralyzing strokes, intensifying her and Ed’s isolated, co-dependent relationship before her death in 1945.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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The family is reeling from the tragedy as Kinzely has been paralyzed from the neck down, her family said in a GoFundMe set up to assist with Kayleb's funeral and medical assistance for the surviving children.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a demonstration to military clients, Julian uses bright scarlet lasers to render Ares and an intimidating swat truck in his private hangar.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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Settlers continue to harass and intimidate its staff.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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If the intent was to frighten the population, the move succeeded.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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Within my book, one of the things that frightens me most is the fact that with censorship, there’s often not a clear red line, right?—
Fiction Non Fiction
October 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Oct. 2025
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Sharabi, who is terrified of being held in a tunnel, is being moved to one.—
Eli Sharabi,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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Aldo had spent his time in the States terrified that he would be deported back to Cuba and jailed.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Nice to know there’s stuff that scares him.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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There’s something about kidnapping that scares the fear out of you, Goldberg-Polin says.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Emasculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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