Synonyms of castrated

castrated 1 of 2

adjective

as in emasculated

Related Words

• emasculated
• gelded
• sterilized
• altered
• neutered
• spayed
• desexed
• sterile
• impotent
• infertile
• fruitless
• unfruitful
• barren
• unproductive

Dissimilar Words

• fat
• fertile
• productive
• rich
• fruitful
• pregnant
• prolific
• impregnated
• enriched
• luxuriant
• fecund
• fertilized
• potent
• bearing
• producing
• yielding
• bursting
• flourishing
• blooming
• swarming
• teeming

castrated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of castrate

as in undermined

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality

a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel

Synonyms & Similar Words

• undermined
• exhausted
• drained
• weakened
• gelded
• petrified
• wore
• lobotomized
• deadened
• dehydrated
• desiccated
• damped
• devitalized
• enervated
• dampened
• discouraged
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• burned out
• wore out
• fatigued
• sapped
• disheartened
• tuckered (out)
• demoralized
• dispirited
• daunted
• did in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stimulated
• enlivened
• braced
• energized
• stirred
• invigorated
• aroused
• vitalized
• quickened
• charged
• roused
• electrified
• galvanized
• provoked
• vivified
• fired
• fermented
• triggered
• inflamed
• lifted
• incited
• excited
• whipped (up)
• instigated
• kindled
• inspired
• fomented
• emboldened
• cheered
• resurrected
• fortified
• revived
• abetted
• sparked
• resuscitated
• regenerated
• boosted
• renewed
• reactivated
• refreshed
• buoyed
• heartened
• revitalized
• reawakened
• recharged
• rejuvenated
• rekindled
• reanimated
• reenergized
• reawoke

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of castrated

Verb

This is the league, remember, where a man (Harvey Updyke) confessed to poisoning the trees at Auburn on a radio show after Alabama lost to the Tigers, and a coach (Jackie Sherrill at Mississippi State) castrated a bull to motivate his squad. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Those expectations got castrated because of last season’s early struggles. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Earlier this month, on Monday, June 8, Municipal Court Judge Louis Sancinito found Lowe guilty of possessing the deer without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer attempting to confiscate the animal, and having Rudy illegally castrated. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Seemingly to help stave off temptation, a half dozen of the 18 male cult members who died had been surgically castrated, according to The New York Times, including Applewhite. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026

If the very successful 25-year-old Coward had been caught with a man, he could have been jailed or chemically castrated. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026

After his conviction, Turing was chemically castrated. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026

Set in the Italian opera world of the 1700s, Rice’s novel tells the not-for-the-squeamish story of two male soprano singers who were castrated as boys in order to maintain their high voices. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2025

Donkey has now been castrated, and the adorable family trio lives together in a large field with Partridge's other horses. — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025