emasculated

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adjective

emas·​cu·​lat·​ed i-ˈma-skyə-ˌlā-təd 

: deprived of or lacking virility, strength, or vigor

He was a boy split in allegiance between a snobbish, devouring mother and an emasculated father.

—Betty Harper Fussell

Clooney languished as one of the emasculated boy-toys on "Sisters" for two years.

—Rick Marin

The old Russian matriarchy survives in a society where strong, self-sacrificing, self-sufficient women dominate passive, emasculated husbands.

—The Wilson Quarterly

emasculated

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past tense and past participle of emasculate

Examples of emasculated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

President Penn and her husband Todd (Whitford) get to throw down now and then, as a husband who already feels emasculated has to sit and watch his wife recede into bitter militance. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

And that’s the main tension this season, as Beau is feeling emasculated by the dynamic. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026

By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026

Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated. — Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1670, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emasculated

• abbreviated
• accelerated
• accentuated
• accommodated
• acculturated
• accumulated
• acidulated
• adjudicated
• administrated
• adulterated
• affiliated
• agglomerated