unman

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: un=man

CIDE DICTIONARY

unman, v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.].

•  To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like.  South.  [1913 Webster]
•  To emasculate; to deprive of virility.  [1913 Webster]
•  To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let's not unman each other."  [1913 Webster]
•  To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

unman, v.tr. (unmanned, unmanning)
1 deprive of supposed manly qualities (e.g. self-control, courage); cause to weep etc., discourage.
2 deprive (a ship etc.) of men.

THESAURUS

unman

abase, abate, affright, alarm, attenuate, beat down, bend, blunt, break, break down, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conquer, cow, cramp, cripple, crush, curdle the blood, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deaden, debilitate, degrade, demasculinize, demoralize, deplete, desex, desexualize, despotize, devitalize, disqualify, disquiet, domineer, domineer over, drain, dull, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, enslave, etiolate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, fright, frighten, funk, grind, grind down, gruel, henpeck, horripilate, humble, humiliate, impoverish, intimidate, keep down, keep under, knock down, lay low, lord it over, make one tremble, master, mitigate, oppress, overawe, overbear, overcome, overmaster, override, overwhelm, paralyze, press heavy on, prostrate, psych out, quell, raise apprehensions, rattle, reduce, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, sap, scare, shake, shake up, soften up, spook, stagger, startle, sterilize, subdue, subjugate, suppress, terrorize, trample down, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tread underfoot, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unbrace, undermine, undo, unfit, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, upset, walk all over, walk over, weaken, weigh heavy on

ROGET THESAURUS

unman

Impotence

VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.

Weakness

VB be weak, drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate, unbrace, unnerve, cripple, unman, cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of, dilute, impoverish, decimate, extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin.

Dejection

VB be dejected, grieve, mourn, take on, give way, lose heart, despond, droop, sink, lower, look downcast, frown, pout, hang down the head, pull a long face, make a long face, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, grin a ghastly smile, look blue, look like a drowned man, lay to heart, take to heart, mope, brood over, fret, sulk, pine, pine away, yearn, repine, despair, refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance, be grave, look grave, repress a smile, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart, frown upon, cast a gloom, cast a shade on, sadden, damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes, weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits, damp the spirits, depress the spirits.

Fear

VB fear, stand in awe of, be afraid, have qualms, apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance, distrust, hesitate, falter, funk, cower, crouch, skulk, let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would' take fright, take alarm, start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink, fly, tremble, shake, shiver, shiver in one's shoes, shudder, flutter, shake like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over, quake, quaver, quiver, quail, grow pale, turn pale, blench, stand aghast, not dare to say one's soul is one's own, inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe, raise apprehensions, be in a daze, bulldoze, faze, feeze, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, alarm, startle, scare, cry 'wolf', disquiet, dismay, fright, frighten, terrify, astound, fright from one's propriety, fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses, awe, strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror, harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify, pile on the agony, make one's flesh creep, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood run cold, make one's teeth chatter, take away one's breath, stop one's breath, make one tremble, haunt, prey on the mind, weigh on the mind, put in fear, put in bodily fear, terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage, browbeat, bully, threaten.