Definition von unman im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- To sap the strength, whether physical or emotional, required to deal with a situation
His fear unmanned him.
- To castrate; to remove one's manhood
- {v} to deprive of rational powers or of strength and courage
- {f} cause to lose characteristics that are considered to be manly (especially courage); castrate, emasculate
- To castrate; to remove ones manhood
- To emasculate; to deprive of virility
- cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience
- cause to lose one's nerve; "an unmanning experience"
- To deprive of men; as, to unman a ship
- To deprive of the distinctive qualities of a human being, as reason, or the like
- 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
- unmanly
- Cowardly, base
He did not know which was more painful to witness: Hempel's unmanly cringing, or the air of fatuous satisfaction that succeeded it.
- unmanly
- Not acceptable of a man
Lor’, sir, you wouldn’t have ’em in short clothes, poor little dears? And she said it in a tone that seemed to imply I had suggested some unmanly outrage.
- unmanly
- Not becoming of a man
Many voteless women regard a vote as unwomanly. Nobody says that most voteless men regarded a vote as unmanly. Nobody says that any voteless men regarded it as unmanly.
- unmanly
- In a manner that is unmanly
A Yankee who had not acclimated well but had retained his native habit of arguing things, came to Riddle's one day, and after some talk about a stray horse, intimated that Mr. Riddle had behaved unmanly in the matter. Wi-ne-ma taking in the situation, pitched into Mr. Yank, and before he knew it, his head was bleeding profusely and a strong hand was grasping his throat. He fought back as best he could, but the poor little Yank was in the hands of an enraged Modoc woman, who was pelting him in the face, saying between her licks, I'll learn you how you talk about my man..
- unmanly
- Of or pertaining to something not human
I had bought a toy in the street for my own amusement. It represented a woman, a young mother, flinging her little son over her head with one hand and catching him in the other ... The unmanly chuckle always came, I found, when the poor lady dropped her babe, .
- unmanly
- Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character
He'd be wearing white pants and playing lawn tennis presently if he continued to grow much softer and more unmanly.
- unmanned
- Not operated by a person or a crew
Unmanned robots.
- unmanned
- Simple past tense and past participle of unman
- unmanly
- {a} unbecoming a man
- To unman
- disman
- unmanly
- {s} effeminate, womanly, weak, timid
- unmanly
- Of or pertaining to lack of manliness
- unmanly
- without qualities thought to befit a man
- unmanly
- not possessing qualities befitting a man
- unmanly
- lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
- unmanly
- In a manner lacking manliness; in a childish or effeminate manner
- unmanly
- disapproval If you describe a boy's or man's behaviour as unmanly, you are critical of the fact that they are behaving in a way that you think is inappropriate for a man. Your partner can feel the loss as acutely as you, but may feel that it is unmanly to cry. = effeminate. not thought to be suitable for or typical of a man
- unmanned
- Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in vigor, strength, courage, etc
- unmanned
- lacking a crew; "an unmanned satellite to Mars
- unmanned
- {s} lacking a human crew, lacking human operators (e.g., aircraft, spaceship, etc.)
- unmanned
- If a place is unmanned, there is nobody working there. Unmanned post offices meant millions of letters went unsorted
- unmanned
- past of unman
- unmanned
- lacking a crew; "an unmanned satellite to Mars"
- unmanned
- Unmanned vehicles such as spacecraft do not have any people in them and operate automatically or are controlled from a distance. a special unmanned spacecraft. unmanned rockets
- unmanned
- Not tamed; not made familiar with, or subject to, man; also used figuratively
- unmanned
- untamed, applied to a hawk
- unmanned
- Not furnished with men; as, an unmanned ship
- unmanned
- weak; effeminate
- unmanning
- present participle of unman
- unmans
- third-person singular of unman
