Unsex

Quick meaning: Unsex is a verb meaning (transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.

Meaning

(transitive) To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.

Example Sentences

The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?

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:

[…]she had expected the worst ever since Drusilla had deliberately tried to unsex herself by refusing to feel any natural grief at the death in battle not only of her affianced husband but of her own father […]

The Sea-king, Ravisher of Ilium Knows not her false and slavering tongue, thrust out, Lewd bitch, to lick and fawn and smile and be The secret soul of unforgiving hell! Dare it, She-devil! Unsex thyself, and be His murderess!

Word Forms

• unsexes
• unsexing
• unsexed

Synonyms for unsex

Depending on context, synonyms include fix, sterilize, desexualize, desex.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include desexualize, fix, desex, sterilize, unwoman, desexualise.

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