emasculated 1 of 2

past tense of emasculate

emasculated

2 of 2

adjective

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Recent Examples of emasculated
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emasculated
Verb
  • Was Gerry Bertier really paralyzed?
    Jessica Booth, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • What people didn’t realize is we were paralyzed with fear.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are liberals in media, but the corporations are now either controlled by the right wing or frightened of it.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Coined by psychotherapist Abraham Maslow, a peak experience is an altered state of consciousness in which individuals experience profound euphoria and fulfillment.
    Soph Warnes, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Is an altered role a real possibility?
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sharabi, who is terrified of being held in a tunnel, is being moved to one.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Verb
  • While exhibitions are the biggest draw, the site has also welcomed more than 5,000 people to its open days, including 1,600 students from nearby schools who might feel intimidated to step into Chanel’s offices in central Paris.
    Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • We will not be intimidated by your threat to engage in mass firings.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There are certainly no major factors like physical abuse during our childhood; however, our mother had some psychological problems and showed some anger and paranoia symptoms, which scared us as children and were overt enough that many in our town knew about her.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There are certainly no major factors like physical abuse during our childhood, however, our mother had some psychological problems and showed some anger and paranoia symptoms, which scared us as children and were overt enough that many in our town knew about her.
    R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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