Unsex

//ʌnˈsɛks// verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics. transitive

    "Lady Macbeth: Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe full Of direst cruelty:"

  2. 2
    make infertile wordnet
  3. 3
    To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate. transitive
  4. 4
    remove the qualities typical of one's sex wordnet
  5. 5
    deprive of sex or sexual powers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
altercastratechangedesexdesexualisedesexualize

Example

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"Lady Macbeth: Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts! unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe full Of direst cruelty:"

Etymology

From un- + sex.

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