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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 emasculated
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.
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Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Frank feels emasculated by everyone and everything.
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Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2024
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
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Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.
—
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Frank feels emasculated by everyone and everything.
—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.
—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2024
Verb
No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emasculated
Adjective
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Affected babies may show symptoms including constipation, poor feeding, drooping eyelid, sluggish pupils, low muscle tone, difficulty sucking and swallowing, weak or altered crying, difficulty breathing, and generalized weakness.
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Sleep talking, formally called somniloquy, from the Latin somnus (sleep) and loqui (to speak), is one of the most common altered behaviors in human sleep.
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The tranquil normalcy of a residential neighborhood in the Canadian city of Montreal was shattered Monday morning after a gunman opened fire, prompting a shootout with police that killed at least two people, sent families running for cover and paralyzed the city for hours.
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On Thursday, Foutris filed a lawsuit against the city, the officer who shot Edwards, and federal agents involved in the shooting, saying Edwards was shot, and potentially paralyzed, without justification.
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All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.
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This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.
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But her outbursts frightened the children too.
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What frightened me most was what might happen to my children.
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The powerful tremor terrified Caracas residents inside their homes.
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This is a necessary evil of the apron era, with teams terrified of going into the first- and second-apron payroll thresholds to retain their rosters.
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Uzbekistan, playing in its first World Cup, was not intimidated by the big stage, weathering a withering Colombia attack in a 3-1 loss.
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If you're intimidated by perfectly matching color, an all-black outfit is a great place to start.
Verb
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Karma came walking up on Jamon Coleman one day with pistols in hand, the only kind of moment that ever scared his son.
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The scientists only got a passing glimpse of the goblin shark before the lights and loud noise from the ROV's motor scared it away, Auscavitch told ABC News.
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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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