Word Study
unsex
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb unsex has 3 senses
- unsex(v = verb.possession) Array - deprive of sex or sexual powers; Array is one way to deprive, divest, strip
- unsex(v = verb.change) Array - remove the qualities typical of one's sex; "She unsexed herself" is one way to alter, change, modify
- unsex(v = verb.body) desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" is one way to operate, operate on
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
unsex, v. t. [1st pref. un- + sex.].
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unsex, v.tr. deprive (a person, esp. a woman) of the qualities of her or his sex.
ROGET THESAURUS
unsex
Revolution
VB revolutionize, new model, remodel, recast, strike out something new, break with the past, change the face of, unsex.
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