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unman

US/ʌnˈmæn/

unman verb: to divest of humanity.

Verb

unman (third-person singular simple present unmans, present participle unmanning, simple past and past participle unmanned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To divest of humanity.
    • Unman not therefore thy self by a beastial transformation, nor realize old Fables.1881, Sir Thomas Browne, William Alexander Greenhill, Religio Medici; Letter to a Friend; Christian Morals, page 215
  2. (archaic, transitive) To castrate; to remove the manhood of.
    • He unmanned himself under a pine-tree and bled to death on the spot.1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, volume 1, page 264
    Synonyms:
    emasculate
  3. (figuratively, transitive) To sap (a person) of the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation.
    • I hope to God his theories will not unman him in action, that he will not be musing and refining when he should be leading the Jacks […]1855, William Delafield Arnold, Oakfield: Or, Fellowship in the East, page 280
    • He dressed moodily, and left the room to go down to breakfast. Breakfast would at least alleviate this sinking feeling which was unmanning him.1919 May 10 – June 28, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “A Damsel in Distress”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company...
    Synonyms:
    emasculate
  4. (transitive) To deprive of men.

unman meaning in Kannada

unman in Kannada

ಧೈರ್ಯಗುಂದಿಸು, ಬೆದರಿಸು, ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯುಂಟುಮಾಡು

Synonyms of unman

Forms of unman

third-person singular presentunmans
present participleunmanning
past participleunmanned
pastunmanned

Origin of unman

From un- (“de-, dis-, away”) + man (“male person”). Compare Dutch ontmannen, German entmannen, both “to unman, emasculate, castrate”.

Words formed from unman

Words that rhyme with unman

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Questions about unman

What does unman mean?
Unman means to divest of humanity.
What is unman in Kannada?
Unman in Kannada is ಧೈರ್ಯಗುಂದಿಸು, ಬೆದರಿಸು, ಹೆದರಿಕೆಯುಂಟುಮಾಡು. See Unman meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is unman?
Unman is a verb.
How do you pronounce unman?
Unman is pronounced /ʌnˈmæn/ (US).
What is the past tense of unman?
The past tense of unman is unmanned.

Words near unman in the dictionary

  1. unmalleably
  2. unmalled
  3. unmaltable
  4. unmalted
  5. unmammalian
  6. unman
  7. unmanacle
  8. unmanacled
  9. unmanacles
  10. unmanacling
  11. unmanagable

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