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emasculate

/ɪˈmæs.kjə.leɪt/

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adjective

/ɪˈmæs.kjə.leɪt/C2formal
  • ruОписывает действие, которое заставляет кого-то или что-то чувствовать себя менее сильным или менее мужественным.

Describes the act of making someone or something feel less powerful or less masculine.

  1. Deprived of strength or effectivenessC2formal

    Made weaker or less effective; stripped of power or vitality.

    ruОслабленный

    • The emasculate version of the law failed to address the core issues.
    • His emasculate argument lacked any real conviction.
    • The committee's emasculate response disappointed the activists.

    Synonymsdebilitateddrainedenervatedimpotentpowerlessweakened

    Antonymsempowerfortifystrengthen

Forms
  • more emasculate comparative form
  • most emasculate superlative form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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verb

/ɪˈmæs.kjʊ.leɪt/C2formal
  • ruГлагол, означающий лишить человека, группу или вещь силы, власти или эффективности; ослабить или подорвать.

A verb meaning to deprive a person, group, or thing of strength, power, or effectiveness; to weaken or undermine.

  1. Deprive of strength or effectivenessC2formal

    To make someone or something weaker or less effective.

    ruОслабить

    • The new regulations emasculated the power of the committee.
    • Constant criticism can emasculate a person's confidence.
    • The budget cuts emasculated the research program.

    Synonymscrippledebilitatedisableenervateenfeebleimpairsapundermineweaken

    Antonymsempowerfortifyinvigoratestrengthen

  2. Deprive of male characteristicsC2formal

    To remove the male qualities or attributes from someone or something.

    ruЛишить мужских качеств

    • The ancient practice was used to emasculate captured enemies.
    • Some cultures historically used rituals to emasculate slaves.
    • The surgery was performed to emasculate the animal.

    Synonymscastrateeffeminizeunman

    Antonymsmasculinize

Forms
  • emasculated past participle
  • emasculated past simple
  • emasculating present participle
  • emasculates third person singular
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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