unsex
/ʌnˈsɛks/
unsex verb: to deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
Verb
unsex (third-person singular simple present unsexes, present participle unsexing, simple past and past participle unsexed)
- To deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
- 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:c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - The Amazon cut off a breat to battle: How will not Woman disfigure and unsex herself to gain her end?1859, George Meredith, chapter 1, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
- Lady Macbeth: Come, you spirits
- To sterilize (deprive of the ability to procreate); to castrate.
unsex meaning in Tamil and Bengali
unsex in Tamil
- பாலுணர்வு அழிப்பு, பால் சுரப்பியழிப்பு
unsex in Bengali
- বন্ধ্যা করা, অণ্ডকোষ ফেলে দেওয়া
Forms of unsex
| third-person singular present | unsexes |
|---|---|
| present participle | unsexing |
| past participle | unsexed |
| past | unsexed |
Origin of unsex
From un- + sex.
Words that rhyme with unsex
Questions about unsex
- What does unsex mean?
- Unsex means to deprive of sexual attributes or characteristics.
- What is unsex in Tamil?
- Unsex in Tamil is பாலுணர்வு அழிப்பு, பால் சுரப்பியழிப்பு. See Unsex meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unsex?
- Unsex is a verb.
- How do you pronounce unsex?
- Unsex is pronounced /ʌnˈsɛks/.
- What is the past tense of unsex?
- The past tense of unsex is unsexed.
Words near unsex in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unsex (page history and authors); unsex (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unsex (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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