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adjective

as in castrated

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verb

past tense of geld
as in undermined
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality

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Recent Examples of gelded
Verb
For the second time this season, the Red Raiders gelded the Cougars. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelded
  1. emasculated
  2. castrated
  3. altered
  4. undermined
  5. neutered
  6. exhausted
  7. weakened
  8. drained
Adjective
  • And that’s the main tension this season, as Beau is feeling emasculated by the dynamic.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of emasculated
Verb
  • Those expectations got castrated because of last season’s early struggles.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Earlier this month, on Monday, June 8, Municipal Court Judge Louis Sancinito found Lowe guilty of possessing the deer without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer attempting to confiscate the animal, and having Rudy illegally castrated.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
Definition of castrated
Adjective
  • Do the Tigers, here in this new, altered state, really have one more run left in them?
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Trump later posted on his social media platform an altered map of the lake and surrounding area.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of altered
Verb
  • The scandals involving Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have undermined the reputation of the monarchy, and the King, still receiving cancer treatment, needs family support as never before.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This strategic move undermined the Nazis’ ability to use the monarchy to legitimize their occupation.
    — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of undermined
Adjective
  • All adoptable pets are spayed, neutered and up to date on vaccines and tests.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • This reader hopes that will be a rebuttal to all the dubious America 250 content flooding orgs beholden to the neutered NEA.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
Definition of neutered
Verb
  • Deery becomes the latest player who exhausted their eligibility to sue for an extra year of eligibility.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Your eyes will thank you College students often fall asleep without removing their contacts, especially when exhausted from late-night studying or over-intoxicated from partying.
    — Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Today, the yen has weakened 57% from a low of about 103 in January 2021 to a high of 163 in July, before a rare joint intervention from both Washington and Tokyo strengthened the currency to its current levels of about 160.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Sprout Social's 2026 Influencer Marketing Report found that recommendation feeds have weakened the link between follower count and reach.
    — Zoe Huang, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • The attackers used the IP addresses to host a smart contract that drained about $235,000 in bitcoin from people trying to visit the Celer Bridge cryptocurrency exchange.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In France, for example, officials have drained glacier lakes to head off potential flooding, Gagliardini says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of drained

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“Gelded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelded. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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