Here are some simple tips to remember the difference between EMACIATED, EMANCIPATED, and EMASCULATED.

EMACIATED is an adjective that means thin and frail because of a lack of nutrition.

You can use EMACIATED in a sentence like this:

“The remaining survivors were EMACIATED.”

OR

“The stray cat was EMACIATED when we rescued it.”

EMANCIPATED is an adjective that means being free.

You can use EMANCIPATED in a sentence like this:

“She EMANCIPATED herself from her parents’ care aged 15.”

OR

“The slaves were EMANCIPATED at the end of the 19th century.”

EMASCULATED is an adjective meaning made weaker or less effective, or deprived of masculinity.

You can use EMASCULATED in a sentence like this:

“The committed was EMASCULATED by local politics.”

OR 

“While he’d never admit it, he felt EMASCULATED by her success.”

To remember the difference between these confusing words, think of the similarity between EMASCULATE and MASCULine – and the fact that a freed MAN is EMANCIPATED.

I hope these tips help you remember the difference between EMACIATED, EMANCIPATED and EMASCULATED in future!

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