unman

[ uhn-man ]

/ ʌnˈmæn /

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verb (used with object), un·manned, un·man·ning.

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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Origin of unman

First recorded in 1590–1600; un-² + man

Words nearby unman

unlovely, unloving, unlucky, unmade, unmake, unman, unmanageable, unmanly, unmanned, unmannered, unmannerly

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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.’
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We must stand alone in the matter and sympathy is prone to unman us.
Health Through Will Power|James J. Walsh
He 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 Merwin
This 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) Burton

He 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

unman

/ (ʌnˈmæn) /

verb -mans, -manning or -manned (tr)

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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