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to deprive of courage or confidence
being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience
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Recent Examples of emasculated
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.
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Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Frank feels emasculated by everyone and everything.
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Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.
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Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
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Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2024
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
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Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Adjective
By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.
—
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
Frank feels emasculated by everyone and everything.
—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.
—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2024
Verb
No matter what agenda the president espoused—the economic pragmatism of Rafsanjani, the liberal aspirations of Mohammad Khatami, the populist provocations of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the nuclear diplomacy of Hassan Rouhani—Khamenei emasculated him.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2026
Jordan continues yapping about being emasculated and being less of a man for staying with his wife.
—
Olivia Crandall,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emasculated
Adjective
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Evidence also led officials to arrest an unnamed juvenile, who police say is facing charges of criminal use of an article with an altered identification mark and possession of a handgun by a person under 18.
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Court records show he was also charged with failure to stop at a stop sign or flashing red light, failure to heed to a siren, a window tinting violation, and having a fake or altered tag or registration.
Verb
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The artisanal-fishing industry had been all but paralyzed by high gas prices since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz; a large number of vessels were anchored close to shore.
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The 11-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive spinal tumor at the age of three and is paralyzed from the waist down.
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All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.
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This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.
Verb
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But her outbursts frightened the children too.
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What frightened me most was what might happen to my children.
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The trailer teases Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular creature, who undergoes an intense transformation that leaves the townspeople terrified.
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Supporters — many of them wearing Colombia’s yellow and red colors — rushed the gates at the home stadium of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the rush.
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The biggest hurdle, though, is simply believing the Elle Woods who learns to prove her doubters wrong at 16 would be so intimidated when faced with doing it again at 22.
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The three-time Grand Slam doubles champion has a varied game with a killer serve, and she won’t be intimidated by Świątek.
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Don’t be scared by his blue eyes.
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Lendeborg being 24 when camp opens rightly scared away some of the rebuilding teams picking ahead of Golden State, especially in concert with his iffy outside shot.
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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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