unman
Americanverb (used with object)
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to deprive of courage or fortitude; break down the manly spirit of.
Constant conflict finally unmanned him.
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to deprive of virility; emasculate; castrate.
verb
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to cause to lose courage or nerve
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to make effeminate
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to remove the men from
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archaic to deprive of human qualities
Etymology
Origin of unman
Example Sentences
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There’s fear, but not the kind of terror that might unman me, might tempt me to hop the fence and run for home.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2015
The same impulse to unman a social or cultural threat gambols across Groucho’s exchanges with Eliot.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2014
But the very process that allows it to make these corrections—its palindromes—can also unman it.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2012
Sample unthoughts about her unman: "The noise he made when he swallowed; his smelly feet!"
From Time Magazine Archive
"Does the thought of facing the Stark boy unman you, Tyrion? Your brother Jaime would be eager to come to grips with him."
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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