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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
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
Adjective
Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
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When McCarthy was ousted in October 2023, the House was paralyzed for three weeks before Republicans coalesced around Johnson.—
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This 35-year old man, paralyzed by polio, was condemned for the rest of his life to be a prisoner of the machine compressing and releasing his lungs.—
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The viewing experience can feel like slipping into an altered fugue state, time suspended entirely.—
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However, speculation about an altered version of the flag appearing on government websites has fueled conspiracy theories.—
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The movie sees the revival of arch-villain Feathers McGraw, who terrified kids in 1993’s The Wrong Trousers.—
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My Hugo would chase it and bark at it, or he'd be terrified.—
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The day after Luigi Mangione was indicted for murder, 200 top American CEOs came together, under heavily armed protection, in a bold statement of defiance of the populist fringes, not frightened away or intimidated for standing up for leadership and American character.—
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Ever since, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been too intimidated to try regulating this serious harm.—
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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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