What are some opposite words for emasculate?
Antonyms for emasculate
ɪˈmæs kyəˌleɪt; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtemas·cu·late
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Princeton's WordNet
effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissyverb
having unsuitable feminine qualities
Antonyms:
manlike, manful, manlySynonyms:
sissy, bisexual, cissy, effeminate, epicene, sissyish, sissifiedemasculate, castrateverb
deprive of strength or vigor
"The Senate emasculated the law"
Antonyms:
manly, manful, manlikeSynonyms:
alter, expurgate, shorten, neuter, castrate, bowdlerize, spay, demasculinise, demasculinize, bowdleriseemasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculiniseverb
remove the testicles of a male animal
Antonyms:
manlike, manly, manfulSynonyms:
alter, expurgate, shorten, neuter, castrate, bowdlerize, spay, demasculinise, demasculinize, bowdlerise
How to use emasculate in a sentence?
All of this is really just the next stage in the left’s continual push to undo our entire understanding of childhood for the sake of political agendas, we’ve seen this for years, for instance in their push to emasculate our boys. Boys long to have something to fight for and defend, but are now told that this instinct is toxic. There are still dragons to slay, and we fail to communicate that to our boys.
They made a horrendous miscalculation in not understanding the intent of the low-energy attack, which was designed to emasculate Bush, to make him look weak, defining him as weak denied him the ability to make the argument that by resume, competence and experience he was the most fit to command.
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