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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)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) 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 presentunsexes
present participleunsexing
past participleunsexed
pastunsexed

Origin of unsex

From un- + sex.

Words that rhyme with unsex

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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

  1. unsewed
  2. unsewered
  3. unsewing
  4. unsewn
  5. unsews
  6. unsex
  7. unsexed
  8. unsexes
  9. unsexier
  10. unsexiest
  11. unsexily

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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