emasculate

Meanings

Verb

deprive of strength or vigor
- "The Senate emasculated the law"
remove the testicles of a male animal
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
To remove the entire male genitalia (the testicles, scrotum, and penis) of (a person or animal).
To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Adjective Satellite

having unsuitable feminine qualities

Adj

Deprived of virility or vigor; unmanned, weak.

Origin / Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēmasculātus, perfect passive participle of ēmasculō (“to emasculate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from, apart”) + masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), further from mās (“a man, a male”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).

Synonyms

castrate, cissy, debilitate, demasculate, demasculinise, demasculinize, effeminate, enervate, enfeeble, epicene, sissified, sissy, sissyish, unman

Antonyms

empower, invigorate, masculate, strengthen

Scrabble Score: 14

emasculate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
emasculate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
emasculate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

emasculate is a valid Words With Friends word