Synonyms of emasculating

emasculating

verb

present participle of emasculate

as in paralyzing

to deprive of courage or confidence

being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paralyzing
• intimidating
• frightening
• terrifying
• scaring
• demoralizing
• unnerving
• unsettling
• undoing
• unmanning
• weakening
• wasting
• debilitating
• neutering
• discouraging
• sapping
• softening
• enfeebling
• disturbing
• terrorizing
• unstringing
• enervating
• upsetting
• disheartening
• tiring
• dispiriting
• daunting
• perturbing
• unbalancing
• dismaying
• disquieting
• maddening
• unhinging
• prostrating
• deranging
• crazing
• psyching (out)
• fazing
• discomposing
• weirding out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• fortifying
• nerving
• encouraging
• emboldening
• heartening