unsex

unsex is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. verb. make infertile

   "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"

   Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize

3. verb. remove the qualities typical of one's sex

   "She unsexed herself"

4. verb. deprive of sex or sexual powers

Synonyms

desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in unsex:

nexus

Common word forms

unsexed, unsexes, unsexing

Words from these letters

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