Definition of unsex Unsex
un•sex
We found 10 definitions of unsex from 6 different sources.
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| unsex - remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself" | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| unsex - deprive of sex or sexual powers | ||
| deprive, divest, strip take away | ||
| unsex - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" | ||
| sterilize, sterilise, desex, desexualize, desexualise, fix | ||
| operate on, operate perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" | ||
| neuter, spay, castrate, alter remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" | ||
| demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate, castrate remove the testicles of a male animal | ||
| vasectomise, vasectomize remove the vas deferens; "many men choose to be vasectomized as a form of safe birth control" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- unsex (v. t.)
To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp., to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, to unsex a woman.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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unsex
To remove the testicles (and sometimes penis) of a male animal or to render the testicles unfunctional.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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unsex
un-seks′, v.t. to deprive of sex: to make unmanly or unwomanly.—adj. Unsex′ual
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🔤- unsex, verb, present, 1st person singular of unsex (infinitive).
- unsex, verb (infinitive).
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