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Thesaurus: unsex

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.

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  1. 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.
  2. v. deprive of sex or sexual powers
  3. v. remove the qualities typical of one's sex
  4. v. make infertile
  5. 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.
  6. To deprive of sex, or of qualities becoming to one's sex; esp.,to make unfeminine in character, manners, duties, or the like; as, tounsex a woman.
  7. v. deprive of sex or sexual powers v. remove the qualities typical of one's sex