Antonyms for unman

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-man

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈmæn

Definition of unman

Origin : 1590s, "to deprive of the attributes of a human being," from un- (2) + verbal derivative of man (n.). Meaning "to deprive of manly courage" is attested from c.1600; that of "to emasculate" is from 1680s.

As in demoralize : verb depress, unnerve
As in geld : verb castrate

Example sentences :

He needed it now more than ever, for he feared that the consideration of Cynthia might yet unman him.
Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini

I am unused to such as these, gentlemen,—they unsettle—they unman me.
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever

At times his emotion seemed to slip from the rein, threatening to unman him.
Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith

No regrets, her father had said; they unman the heart we want for to-morrow.
Extract from : « The Amazing Marriage, Complete » by George Meredith

This was a sore blow to Leichhardt, but it did not unman him.
Extract from : « The Australian Explorers » by George Grimm

The revulsion of feeling was so great that for a moment or two it seemed to unman him.
Extract from : « A Gamble with Life » by Silas K. Hocking

I must get out of this, or this innocent child's prattle will unman me!
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 » by Various

But whatever he saw, in that quiet lonely minute, it did not hold or unman him.
Extract from : « Thomas Andrews » by Shan F. Bullock

Unman isn't the word, exactly, but you can't say ungirl, can you?
Extract from : « The Daughter of the Storage » by William Dean Howells

We must stand alone in the matter and sympathy is prone to unman us.
Extract from : « Health Through Will Power » by James J. Walsh

Synonyms for unman

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