emasculated

The word “emasculated” has 5 syllables: e-mas-cu-lat-ed

It's pronounced as /ɪˈmæskjʊˌleɪtɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for emasculated?

In the thesaurus, “emasculated” has 103 synonyms and 41 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for emasculated along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for emasculated

  • aged
  • ailing
  • altered
  • barren
  • castrated
  • chicken
  • crazed
  • daunted
  • debilitated
  • decrepit
  • delicate
  • demoralized
  • deranged
  • desexed
  • discomposed
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • dispirited
  • disquieted
  • disturbed
  • doddering
  • dopey
  • effete
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • epicene
  • etiolated
  • exhausted
  • failing
  • faint
  • fazed
  • feeble
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • flat
  • fragile
  • frail
  • frightened
  • fruitless
  • gelded
  • gentle
  • helpless
  • impotent
  • inadequate
  • incompetent
  • indecisive
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inefficient
  • infertile
  • infirm
  • insubstantial
  • insufficient
  • intimidated
  • lame
  • languid
  • low
  • maddened
  • neutered
  • out of gas
  • paltry
  • paralyzed
  • perturbed
  • poor
  • powerless
  • prostrated
  • puny
  • sapless
  • sapped
  • scared
  • sickly
  • slight
  • softened
  • spayed
  • sterile
  • sterilized
  • strengthless
  • tame
  • terrified
  • terrorized
  • thin
  • tired
  • unbalanced
  • unconvincing
  • undid
  • unfruitful
  • unhinged
  • unmanned
  • unnerved
  • unproductive
  • unsettled
  • unstrung
  • upset
  • vitiated
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • weakly
  • weirded out
  • wimpy
  • woozy
  • zero

Antonyms for emasculated

  • able
  • bearing
  • blooming
  • bursting
  • capable
  • competent
  • effective
  • efficient
  • emboldened
  • encouraged
  • enriched
  • expert
  • fat
  • fecund
  • fertile
  • fertilized
  • fit
  • flourishing
  • fortified
  • fruitful
  • hardy
  • healthy
  • heartened
  • hearty
  • impregnated
  • luxuriant
  • nerved
  • potent
  • powerful
  • pregnant
  • producing
  • productive
  • prolific
  • rich
  • solid
  • sound
  • strengthened
  • strong
  • swarming
  • teeming
  • yielding

Meanings of emasculated

  • verb
    1. To deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate, to geld.
    2. To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
    3. Of a flower: to deprive of the anthers.

Example Sentences

  • The harsh comments emasculated his self-esteem and left him feeling defeated.
  • His confidence was emasculated by the constant criticism he received from his peers.
  • The oppressive system emasculated the potential of many talented individuals.
  • He felt emasculated after the humiliating defeat in front of his colleagues.
  • The society's expectations of masculinity emasculated men who didn't conform to traditional norms.

On this page you'll find 144 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to emasculated, such as: able, aged, ailing, altered, barren, bearing, blooming.

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Related Words

dampened

  • abated
  • abject
  • all torn up
  • alleviated
  • atrabilious
  • bathed
  • bedewed
  • benumbed
  • black
  • bleak
  • blunted
  • broody
  • bummed out
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • cast down
  • castrated
  • cauterized
  • cheerless
  • clouded
  • crestfallen
  • damped
  • dashed
  • daunted
  • deadened
  • debilitated
  • decreased
  • dehydrated
  • demoralized
  • desiccated
  • despondent
  • devitalized
  • did in
  • diminished
  • dipped
  • disconsolate
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • doleful
  • doused
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • downcast
  • downhearted
  • dowsed
  • dragged
  • drained
  • drenched
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dulled
  • dunked
  • dwindled
  • eased
  • emasculated
  • enervate
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • exhausted
  • fatigued
  • flushed
  • gelded
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • heavy-hearted
  • humidified
  • hurting
  • immerged
  • immersed
  • impregnated
  • in the pits
  • irrigated
  • knackered
  • laved
  • lessened
  • lightened
  • lobotomized
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lowered
  • melancholy
  • miserable
  • moderated
  • moistened
  • moody
  • mopey
  • mopish
  • morose
  • muffled
  • muted
  • numbed
  • petrified
  • receded
  • reduced
  • refreshed
  • rehydrated
  • remoistened
  • rinsed
  • sad
  • sagging
  • sapped
  • saturated
  • shot down
  • sluiced
  • soaked
  • soused
  • spiritless
  • steeped
  • subdued
  • subsided
  • tired
  • undermined
  • unmanned
  • waned
  • washed
  • watered
  • weakened
  • weary
  • wet
  • wetted
  • woebegone
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wretched

namby-pamby

  • baby
  • banal
  • bland
  • boring
  • characterless
  • chicken
  • chickenheart
  • common
  • commonplace
  • corrupt
  • coward
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • cry-baby
  • dastardly
  • doormat
  • drab
  • dreary
  • dry
  • dull
  • effete
  • emasculated
  • fainthearted
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • flat
  • forceless
  • fraidy-cat
  • frail
  • heavy
  • humdrum
  • impotent
  • impuissant
  • inane
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • infirm
  • innocuous
  • inoffensive
  • insipid
  • invertebrate
  • irresolute
  • jading
  • jellyfish
  • lamblike
  • leaden
  • lifeless
  • lily liver
  • lily-livered
  • limp-wristed
  • meek
  • mild
  • milk-and-water
  • milksop
  • milquetoast
  • monotonous
  • mouse
  • nebbish
  • nebbishy
  • nerveless
  • nervous Nellie
  • nervous Nelly
  • ordinary
  • pantywaist
  • pedestrian
  • pliable
  • poltroon
  • ponderous
  • powerless
  • pushover
  • pusillanimous
  • pussy
  • quitter
  • reed
  • scaredy-cat
  • sheep
  • sissy
  • soft
  • spineless
  • stale
  • subdued
  • submissive
  • tame
  • tedious
  • timid
  • tiresome
  • tiring
  • unexceptional
  • unexciting
  • uninspiring
  • uninteresting
  • unnerved
  • unprincipled
  • unrewarding
  • unscrupulous
  • vacillating
  • vapid
  • villainous
  • watery
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weakened
  • weakling
  • wearisome
  • weary
  • wearying
  • wet
  • wimp
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
  • wishy-washy
  • wuss
  • wussy
  • yellowbelly

effete

nebbishy

  • characterless
  • corrupt
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • dastardly
  • effete
  • emasculated
  • fainthearted
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • forceless
  • frail
  • impotent
  • impuissant
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • infirm
  • invertebrate
  • irresolute
  • lamblike
  • lily-livered
  • limp-wristed
  • meek
  • milk-and-water
  • namby-pamby
  • nerveless
  • pliable
  • poltroon
  • powerless
  • pusillanimous
  • sissy
  • soft
  • spineless
  • submissive
  • timid
  • unnerved
  • unprincipled
  • unscrupulous
  • vacillating
  • villainous
  • weak
  • weak-kneed
  • weakened
  • weakling
  • wet
  • wimpish
  • wimpy
  • wishy-washy

panicked

  • affrighted
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • alarmed
  • alarumed
  • amazed
  • anxious
  • appalled
  • apprehensive
  • astounded
  • awed
  • bowled over
  • careful
  • cautious
  • chicken
  • chilled
  • coward
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • craven
  • daunted
  • demoralized
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • dismayed
  • dispirited
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distraught
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • emasculated
  • fainthearted
  • fearful
  • fearsome
  • floored
  • frenzied
  • frighted
  • frightened
  • funky
  • gave one the creeps
  • gutless
  • having cold feet
  • heedful
  • horrified
  • horror-struck
  • hysteric
  • hysterical
  • intimidated
  • jittery
  • jolted
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • nervous
  • panic-stricken
  • panicky
  • perturbed
  • petrified
  • phobic
  • prudent
  • pusillanimous
  • scared
  • scarified
  • scary
  • shaken
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook up
  • shrinking
  • shy
  • skittish
  • spooked
  • startled
  • terrified
  • terror-stricken
  • terrorized
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tremulant
  • tremulous
  • unadventurous
  • undid
  • uneasy
  • unmanned
  • unnerved
  • unsettled
  • unstrung
  • upset
  • wary
  • worried

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