unman
to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of: Constant conflict finally unmanned him.
to deprive of virility; emasculate; castrate.
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How to use unman in a sentence
And he gasps, a strangled moan … ‘You are going to unman me, Ana … You—take me.’
Speed Read: 12 Naughty Bits From ‘50 Shades Darker’ | Lizzie Crocker | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWe must stand alone in the matter and sympathy is prone to unman us.
Health Through Will Power | James J. WalshHe wondered if this Indian could by some strange accident have been given a temperament so fine that sorrow could unman him.
The Road to Frontenac | Samuel MerwinThis thought appeased for a moment the new fear that threatened to unman him for all time, the fear that he had failed!
The Mission of Poubalov | Frederick R. (Frederick Russell) BurtonHe knew that the sight of homely faces would unman him, and that he would break down like a child.
The Day of Judgment | Joseph Hocking
I threw him my thanks in a trumped-up smile, which he returned with such sweet encouragement as to nearly unman me.
The High Heart | Basil King
British Dictionary definitions for unman
/ (ʌnˈmæn) /
to cause to lose courage or nerve
to make effeminate
to remove the men from
archaic to deprive of human qualities
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