Unsex
/ʌnˈsɛks/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 make infertile wordnet
- 3 To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate. transitive
- 4 remove the qualities typical of one's sex wordnet
- 5 deprive of sex or sexual powers wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.