castrated

[kas-trey-tid]

adjective

1. emasculated by having the testicles removed.

   Some castrated male cats will spray urine, but it is much more common in unneutered males.

2. deprived of strength, force, or effectiveness.

   She claims that the International Criminal Court is a castrated organization with no policing power.

3. Psychology.,  rendered impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by having one’s masculinity or femininity threatened.

   The show is full of literally and figuratively castrated men, witless and robotic, while women drive the action.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of castrate.

Other Word Forms

• uncastrated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of castrated¹

castrate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

It will be adapted from Anne Rice's 1982 novel, which is set in the 18th Century world of the "castrati" - male singing stars who were castrated to preserve their high voices.

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"Life just feels grey. It's, like, castrated my emotions," Kyle says.

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Trump was symbolically castrated before an audience of tens of millions of people by Harris when she defeated him during their first debate in September.

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Trump, an alpha male and America’s First White President, was symbolically castrated and neutered by Kamala Harris, a Black South Asian woman.

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When Harris talked about the crowd sizes she symbolically and psychologically castrated him, for example.

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