Word Type

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "emasculate" can be used as verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

empower

Derived Terms

emasculatingly unemasculated

Derived From

masculine

Context

botany

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

desex desexualise desexualize fix sterilise sterilize unsex weaken

Manner Of

sterilize weaken

Related Terms

emasculated emasculation emasculative emasculator emasculatory emasculatrix

Related Terms

anther castrate deprive effeminate emasculated emasculation emasculative emasculator emasculatory emasculatrix geld masculine procreative softness unmanly vigor virile virility vitiate weak weaken

Similar Terms

unmanful unmanlike unmanly

Synonym Network

debilitate effeminate unman

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