Emasculate

//ɪˈmask.jʊlˌeɪt//

Synonyms for "emasculate" (71 found)

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Translations

46 translations across 19 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кастриран adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • скопен adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • кастрирам verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • обезсилвам verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

Catalan

2 entries
  • emascular verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • emascular verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

Dutch

1 entries
  • ontmand adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Finnish

3 entries
  • heikentää verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)
  • kuohita verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • veltostaa verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

French

2 entries
  • émasculé adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • émasculer verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Galician

1 entries
  • emasculado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

German

3 entries
  • entmannt adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • entmannen verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • schwächen verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

Ido

2 entries
  • desmaskuligar verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • desmaskuligar verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

Irish

1 entries
  • coill verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Italian

1 entries
  • evirato adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 去勢する verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)
  • 去勢する verb (to deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken)

Malay

2 entries
  • kasi adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • kembiri adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Māori

1 entries
  • unaka verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Occitan

3 entries
  • castrat adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • crestat adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • desmasclat adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Old English

1 entries
  • belisnian verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • castrado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • emasculado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Spanish

4 entries
  • castrado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • debilitado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • emasculado adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • castrar verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Turkish

4 entries
  • burulmuş adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • enenmiş adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • hadım edilmiş adj (deprived of virility or vigor)
  • kısır yapmak verb (to deprive of virile or procreative power; to castrate)

Volapük

1 entries
  • penegenüköl adj (deprived of virility or vigor)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Constructed languages either are simplified as much as possible, or their grammar lacks the harmony peculiar to natural languages. Both disadvantages emasculate the language.

Source: tatoeba (2880487)

Castration has a ſtrange effect; it emaſculates both man, beaſt and bird, and brings them to a near reſemblance of the other ſex. Thus, eunuchs have ſmooth unmuſcular arms, thighs, and legs; and broad hips, and beardleſs chins, and ſqueaking voices. Gelt stags and bucks have hornleſs heads, like hinds and does.

Source: wiktionary

At Athens the Prieſts and Prieſteſſes were drawn by lot, from the men and virgins of diſtinguiſhed family and irreproachable life. Maimed or deformed perſons were not admitted, and purity and chaſtity were ſo particularly required, that the Prieſts frequently uſed means to emaſculate themselves.

Source: wiktionary

[H]is Majeſty [...] is now reſolved (in proſecution of his priſtine Counſels) by force or policy to diſſolve this Parliament in diſcontent, as he hath done all former, and that with ſuch advantages of a generall ill opinion of Parliaments in the ignorant miſ-informed vulgar on the one hand, and of a prevailing counquering power on his part on the other hand, as ſhall either utterly extinguiſh the hopes and Bill of ſummoning any future trienniall Parliamentary Aſſemblies, or at leaſt ſo emaſculate the vigour, and eclipſe the power of them, if called; [...]

Source: wiktionary

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