emasculate (adj.)

  1. having unsuitable feminine qualities

    [ Syn: effeminate , epicene , cissy , sissified , sissyish , sissy ]

    emasculate (v.)

  1. deprive of strength or vigor; The Senate emasculated the law

    [ Syn: castrate ]

  2. remove the testicles of a male animal

    [ Syn: castrate , demasculinize , demasculinise ]

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