1. (

• emasculate ,
• castrate ,

) deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" ;

2. (

• emasculate ,
• castrate ,
• demasculinize ,
• demasculinise

) remove the testicles of a male animal ;

1. (

• effeminate ,
• emasculate ,
• epicene ,
• cissy ,
• sissified ,
• sissyish ,
• sissy

) having unsuitable feminine qualities ;