emasculated

e·mas·cu·late  (-msky-lt)

tr.v. e·mas·cu·lat·ed, e·mas·cu·lat·ing, e·mas·cu·lates

1. To castrate.

2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken.

adj. (-lt)

Deprived of virility, strength, or vigor.

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[Latin masculre, mascult- : -, ex-, ex- + masculus, male, diminutive of ms, male, man.]

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e·mascu·lation n.

e·mascu·lative, e·mascu·la·tory (-l-tôr, -tr) adj.

e·mascu·lator n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

emasculated - (of a male animal) having the testicles removed; "a cut horse" gelded, cut castrated, unsexed - deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes