UNMANNING Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

unmanning

verb

present participle of unman

as in paralyzing

to deprive of courage or confidence the near crash of the airliner was a completely unmanning experience for the passengers

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as in discouraging

to lessen the courage or confidence of players who wouldn't let themselves be unmanned by the loss of a single game

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Though brief, Yoon’s martial law declaration plunged South Korea into a political crisis, paralyzing politics and high-level diplomacy while rattling financial markets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
With endless criteria, knowing exactly what to ask for from a pair of jean shorts is paralyzing.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 25 June 2026

Definition of paralyzing

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Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026
For him, discouraging such behavior is a preventative measure that can help reduce human trafficking.

— Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

Definition of discouraging

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Powell tried to open the stall door, and then began fondling himself, frightening the 11-year-old, who tried to leave, but Powell blocked him from getting out.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 6 June 2026
This war has been a disaster for them, frightening away foreign investors, tourists and talent and burdening them with a future of huge new defense bills to deter Iran after the United States is gone.

— Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026

Definition of frightening

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But Algo’s hyper-logical, computerised process of consistently picking the favourites to win was undone in the second match of the day, with Ghana frustrating England in a 0-0 draw.

— The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 24 June 2026
The documentary’s contradiction is right there, enthralling us with the wild achievements Potter pulled off and frustrating us with his bombast, leading us to ponder whether, as The Dark Wizard suggests, either could exist without the other.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 May 2026

Definition of frustrating

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These get forwarded across the internet, and soon masses of young people are surging into an urban plaza or park, often terrifying any adult who happens to be nearby.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is breathtaking and also terrifying with a 4-year-old along.

— Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 17 May 2026

Definition of terrifying

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Although stony-faced and intimidating when first met, Stella has a softer side as well as reasons to be so bitter and brusque.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Platner, for example, hung onto support from prominent Democrats even after a report of intimidating behavior toward girlfriends.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of intimidating

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Maybe two or three groups of hoaxers out there at once, bumping into each other in the dark and scaring the scales off one another.

— Star-Telegram staff, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2026
There are multiple songs that could be (and were) covered by the Jackson 5 without scaring the teenyboppers, but Stone’s musical and lyrical depth is right there in the band’s most accessible album.

— Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026

Definition of scaring

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In the political sphere—an arena that’s increasingly entangled with social media—figures such as Elon Musk decry empathy as an emasculating plague.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
And yet precisely this dynamic ensures that commitment between men, the kind of domesticity that David and Giovanni attempt to establish in Giovanni’s room, can only ever be emasculating.

— Garth Greenwell, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of emasculating

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