'Unman' definitions:
Definition of 'unman'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
Definition of 'Unman'
From: GCIDE
- Unman \Un*man"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + man.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like. [R.] --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To emasculate; to deprive of virility. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unman'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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