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Unman

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transitive verb. To take away characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity, such as courage or strength.

transitive verb. To take away virility from; emasculate.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To deprive of the character or qualities of a human being, as reason, etc.

To emasculate; deprive of virility.

To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; break or reduce into irresolution; dishearten; deject; make womanish.

To deprive of men: as, to unman a ship or town.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.

transitive verb. To emasculate; to deprive of virility.

transitive verb. To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.

transitive verb. To deprive of men.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To castrate; to remove one's manhood.

verb. To sap the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.

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verb. cause to lose one's nerve

Word Usage

"Gavanelli, in contrast, stands and delivers and keeps his gaze in a middle distance as if to look the dying young woman in the eye would melt his cold heart and unman him."

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emasculate

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enervate faze unnerve unsettle

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abase abate affright alarm attenuate

variant

unmanned unmanning

verb-form

unmanned unmanning unmans