Impotence

(Roget's Thesaurus)

<- N

PARAG:Impotence->N

GRP: \\ N \\ 1

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ impotence

impotence

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ inability

inability

disability

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ disablement

disablement

impuissance

imbecility

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ incapacity

incapacity

incapability

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ inaptitude

inaptitude

ineptitude

incompetence

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ indocility

indocility

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ invalidity

invalidity

disqualification

Sgm: \\ N \\ 1 \\ inefficiency

inefficiency

GRP: \\ N \\ 2

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ telum imbelle

telum imbelle

brutum fulmen

blank

blank cartridge

flash in the pan

vox et proeterea nihil

dead letter

bit of waste paper

dummy

Sgm: \\ N \\ 2 \\ Quaker gun

Quaker gun

GRP: \\ N \\ 3

Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ inefficacy

inefficacy

&c.(inutility) 645

Sgm: \\ N \\ 3 \\ failure

failure

&c. 732

GRP: \\ N \\ 4

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ helplessness

helplessness

&c.->Adj.

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ prostration

prostration

paralysis

palsy

apoplexy

syncope

sideration|

deliquium|

collapse

exhaustion

softening of the brain

inanition

Sgm: \\ N \\ 4 \\ emasculation

emasculation

orchotomy

GRP: \\ N \\ 5

Sgm: \\ N \\ 5 \\ cripple

cripple

old woman

muff

mollycoddle

PARAG:Impotence->V

GRP: \\ V \\ 1

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ be impotent

be impotent

&c.->Adj.

Sgm: \\ V \\ 1 \\ not have a leg to stand on

not have a leg to stand on

GRP: \\ V \\ 2

Sgm: \\ V \\ 2 \\ vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou

vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou

=>(French)

vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents

=>(French)

GRP: \\ V \\ 3

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ collapse

collapse

faint

swoon

fall into a swoon

drop

Sgm: \\ V \\ 3 \\ go by the board

go by the board

end in smoke

&c.(fail) 732

GRP: \\ V \\ 4

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ render powerless

render powerless

&c.->Adj.

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ deprive of power

deprive of power

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ disable

disable

disenable

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ disarm

disarm

incapacitate

disqualify

unfit

invalidate

deaden

cramp

tie the hands

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ double up

double up

prostrate

paralyze

muzzle

cripple

becripple

maim

lame

hamstring

draw the teeth of

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ throttle

throttle

strangle

garrotte

garrote

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ ratten

ratten

silence

sprain

clip the wings of

put hors de combat

spike the guns

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ take the wind out of one's sails

take the wind out of one's sails

scotch the snake

put a spoke in one's wheel

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ break the neck

break the neck

break the back

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ unhinge

unhinge

unfit

Sgm: \\ V \\ 4 \\ put out of gear

put out of gear

GRP: \\ V \\ 5

Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ unman

unman

unnerve

enervate

Sgm: \\ V \\ 5 \\ emasculate

emasculate

castrate

geld

alter

GRP: \\ V \\ 6

Sgm: \\ V \\ 6 \\ shatter

shatter

exhaust

weaken

&c. 160

PARAG:Impotence->Adj

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 1

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ powerless

powerless

impotent

unable

incapable

incompetent

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ inefficient

inefficient

ineffective

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ inept

inept

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unfit

unfit

unfitted

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unqualified

unqualified

disqualified

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ unendowed

unendowed

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ inapt

inapt

unapt

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ crippled

crippled

disabled

&c.->V.

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 1 \\ armless

armless

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 2

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 2 \\ harmless

harmless

unarmed

weaponless

defenseless

sine ictu

unfortified

indefensible

vincible

pregnable

untenable

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 3

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ paralytic

paralytic

paralyzed

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ palsied

palsied

imbecile

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ nerveless

nerveless

sinewless

marrowless

pithless

lustless

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ emasculate

emasculate

disjointed

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ out of joint

out of joint

out of gear

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ unnerved

unnerved

unhinged

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ water-logged

water-logged

on one's beam ends

rudderless

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ laid on one's back

laid on one's back

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ done up

done up

dead beat

exhausted

shattered

demoralized

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ graveled

graveled

&c.(in difficulty) 704

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ helpless

helpless

unfriended

fatherless

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 3 \\ without a leg to stand on

without a leg to stand on

hors de combat

laid on the shelf

GRP: \\ Adj \\ 4

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ null and void

null and void

nugatory

inoperative

good for nothing

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ ineffectual

ineffectual

&c.(failing) 732

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ inadequate

inadequate

&c. 640

Sgm: \\ Adj \\ 4 \\ inefficacious

inefficacious

&c.(useless) 645