Unman
[ʌn'mæn]
Definition
(v. t.) To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.
(v. t.) To emasculate; to deprive of virility.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.
Typist: Shirley
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Emasculate, castrate, geld, deprive of virility.[2]. Dishearten, discourage, make despondent.[3]. Weaken, debilitate, effeminate, emolliate, enfeeble, unnerve, make effeminate.
Inputed by Artie
Definition
v.t. to deprive of the powers of a man as courage virility &c.: to deprive of men.—adj. Unman′like not manlike.—n. Unman′liness effeminacy.—adjs. Unman′ly not becoming a man: unworthy of a noble mind: base: cowardly; Unmanned′ not manned or furnished with men: (Shak.) not tamed or made subject to man maiden virgin.
Inputed by Alex
Examples
- It would quite unman me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The joyful welcome of my boys, the soft gratulation of Clara, the pressure of Adrian's hand, contributed to unman me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The very memory half unmans me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- By Heaven, Malvoisin, yonder girl hath well-nigh unmanned me. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- For the moment, Miss Rachel had completely unmanned him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We will not touch on it now, Cary; unmanned as I am, I have not the power to cope with such a topic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The answer almost unmanned me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This had received the brunt of our fire and seemed to be entirely unmanned, as not a moving figure was visible upon her decks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typed by Leona