castrated

[ kas-trey-tid ]

adjective

1. emasculated by having the testicles removed:

   Some castrated male cats will spray urine, but it is much more common in unneutered males.

2. deprived of strength, force, or effectiveness:

   She claims that the International Criminal Court is a castrated organization with no policing power.

3. Psychology. rendered impotent, literally or metaphorically, by psychological means, especially by having one’s masculinity or femininity threatened:

   The show is full of literally and figuratively castrated men, witless and robotic, while women drive the action.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of castrate ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·cas·trat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of castrated¹

castrate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Trump was symbolically castrated before an audience of tens of millions of people by Harris when she defeated him during their first debate in September.

From Salon

Trump, an alpha male and America’s First White President, was symbolically castrated and neutered by Kamala Harris, a Black South Asian woman.

From Salon

When Harris talked about the crowd sizes she symbolically and psychologically castrated him, for example.

From Salon

In their heyday, Handel’s operas almost always involved castrati, singers who were castrated as boys to preserve their higher voices but still gained the full lung capacity and overall stamina of grown men.

From New York Times

To be as tough as the guys, Republicans Kristi Noem shot her dog, Joni Ernst castrated hogs, Sarah Palin advocated shooting wolves from the air.

From Los Angeles Times