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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
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
Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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
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
Verb
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Fern simultaneously paralyzed both DFW and Charlotte, American’s two largest hubs, with ice and freezing rain.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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At times paralyzed by self-doubt and criticism, Donatella believed in the life-changing magic of a great cocktail dress (or a good hair day) to elevate or protect yourself.—
Rachel Tashjian,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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In an interview after the hearing, Watts, a Democrat who chairs the committee, told Fortune that the Committee would look into options to pursue an independent audit and understand what happened to the altered record.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Her mother, most likely, Romito 1, carried an altered copy of the same gene, which explained her shorter stature, though her daughter appeared to suffer from a more acute case of the condition.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Konstantin, 4, a sociable boy, is often frightened by loud noises and guards, his parents said.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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This is no longer about ideology, this is about standing up for those who are being wrongly arrested, being unfairly harassed or being made to feel constantly frightened in their own homes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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But after that, the administration was terrified of losing Tang – Arkansas had been sniffing around – and in order to guarantee that the coach who had led a whopping 36 games in his lifetime wasn’t going anywhere, gave him a fresh new deal with a bunch more money.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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There are people here in this seven-on-seven who are s----ing themselves and terrified about what's to come.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The process is the punishment with them and like all of you here in Minnesota, the great people of Minnesota, I will not be intimidated.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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The 5-foot-6 guard recalls being intimidated by older, bigger and stronger girls as a freshman.—
Noah Poser,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Everyone sees what’s happening, but everyone’s scared to talk.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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After all, the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre only scared away investors from China for a few years; opportunities to make money in Deng Xiaoping’s market economy soon lured them back.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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