Synonyms for unman
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhn-man |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈmæn |
Top 10 synonyms for unman Other synonyms for the word unman
- abash
- alter
- blow out
- blow up
- chill
- damp
- disarrange
- discountenance
- disorder
- disparage
- disturb
- emasculate
- embarrass
- enfeeble
- eunuchize
- fix
- get to
- jumble
- muddle
- neuter
- nonplus
- psych out
- rattle
- sap
- send up
- shake
- snarl
- spay
- sterilize
- take apart
- take steam out
- undermine
- unglue
- unman
- unsettle
- unzip
- upset
- weaken
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for unman
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