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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
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Blake is not an emasculated wimp; his confidence is complete, his suavity bordering on the toxic.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Apr. 2024
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When McCarthy was ousted in October 2023, the House was paralyzed for three weeks before Republicans coalesced around Johnson.Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
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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.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
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While cannabis legalizes and becomes more accessible, weed is disrupting the hold that alcohol has on altered states.Andrew DeAngelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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Coach Matt Rhule doesn’t have to love the altered state of college football.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The movie sees the revival of arch-villain Feathers McGraw, who terrified kids in 1993’s The Wrong Trousers.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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My Hugo would chase it and bark at it, or he'd be terrified.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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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.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Ever since, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been too intimidated to try regulating this serious harm.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Emasculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emasculated. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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