Meaning & use
emasculated
Deprived of strength, power, or a sense of masculine confidence.
See it in a sentence
He felt emasculated after losing his job and having to rely on his wife's income.
Critics said the new regulations emasculated the agency, leaving it with little real authority.
A note on using this word
Emasculated can describe a person's wounded sense of masculine identity or, more broadly, any institution or plan stripped of its effective power.
Words with a similar meaning
weakenedpowerless
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Words with an opposite meaning
empowered
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