wussifies
Renders someone spineless
To wussify is to make weak, timid, or soft—to turn someone or something into a wuss.
The term carries a dismissive, often macho tone, suggesting that toughness is being drained away: He thinks participation trophies wussify kids.
Wussifies is the third-person singular present tense.
Fearful lack of courage
- spinelessnessLack of courage
- gutlessnessLack of bravery
- faintheartednessLacking resolve or nerve
- meeknessGentle, unassertive disposition
cravenness · pusillanimity · yellow-bellied · chicken-hearted · lily-livered · quailing · squeamishness · wimpy
Feminine quality in men
- unmanlyLacking traditional masculine qualities
- feminizationAcquiring female characteristics
- softeningBecoming less firm
- neuteringSurgical sterilization of animals
disempowerment · emasculate · pussification · unmanning · enfeeblement · debilitation · gentling · disarming
Pejorative for effeminate male
- pansyOrnamental garden flower
- milksopFeeble, unassertive person
- wimpTimid, feeble person
- softieTenderhearted person
namby-pamby · pushover · doormat · weakling · fraidy-cat · milquetoast · nebbish · cream puff
To make weak
- enfeebleMake feeble or frail
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- softenMake less firm
weaken · enervate · diminish · dilute · cripple · erode · attenuate · impair
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- denigrationUnjust attack on reputation
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
jeering · sneering · scorn · contempt · disdain · disrespect · stigmatization · reproach
timidity
Fearful lack of courage
- spinelessnessLack of courage
- gutlessnessLack of bravery
- faintheartednessLacking resolve or nerve
meekness · cravenness · pusillanimity · yellow-bellied · chicken-hearted · lily-livered · quailing · squeamishness · wimpy · cowardly
effeminacy
Feminine quality in men
- unmanlyLacking traditional masculine qualities
- feminizationAcquiring female characteristics
- softeningBecoming less firm
neutering · disempowerment · emasculate · pussification · unmanning · enfeeblement · debilitation · gentling · disarming · unmasculine
sissy
Pejorative for effeminate male
softie · namby-pamby · pushover · doormat · weakling · fraidy-cat · milquetoast · nebbish · cream puff · jellyfish
debilitate
To make weak
soften · weaken · enervate · diminish · dilute · cripple · erode · attenuate · impair · degrade
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- belittlementVerbal diminishing of worth
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- denigrationUnjust attack on reputation
taunting · jeering · sneering · scorn · contempt · disdain · disrespect · stigmatization · reproach · derision