unsexes
Strips of sexuality
Unsexes means to deprive of sex or sexual characteristics, or to strip of qualities traditionally associated with one's gender.
The word appears most famously in Lady Macbeth's plea to the spirits to "unsex me here"—to remove her feminine tenderness so she can pursue ruthless ambition.
More broadly, to unsex someone is to desexualize them or challenge their gendered identity: The institution unsexes its inmates, reducing them to numbers.
Remove fertility surgically
- spaySterilize a female animal
- castrateRemove male gonads surgically
- geldCastrate male animal
- vasectomyMale sterilization surgery
desex · fix · alter · sterilize · emasculate · barren · infertile
Deprive of courage
- castrateRemove male gonads surgically
- effeminateMale seeming feminine
- weakenReduce in strength
- disempowerRemove capacity to act
debilitate · enervate · feminize · geld · neuter · soften · diminish · strip
Cancel an effect
- desexualizeRemove erotic charge from
- demasculinizeRemove masculine traits
- genderlessHaving no sex distinction
- neuterRemove fertility surgically
strip · erase · nullify · obscure · flatten · homogenize · standardize · anonymize
neuter
Remove fertility surgically
vasectomy · desex · fix · alter · sterilize · emasculate · barren · infertile
unman
Deprive of courage
- castrateRemove male gonads surgically
- effeminateMale seeming feminine
- weakenReduce in strength
disempower · debilitate · enervate · feminize · geld · neuter · soften · diminish · strip · defang
neutralize
Cancel an effect
- desexualizeRemove erotic charge from
- demasculinizeRemove masculine traits
- genderlessHaving no sex distinction
neuter · strip · erase · nullify · obscure · flatten · homogenize · standardize · anonymize
unsexesfeminizes
Makes more feminine
masculinizes · sexualizes · genders · sexes · engendering
unsexesempowers
Grants ability or authority
strengthens · emboldens · ennobles · restores · humanizes
unsexessexes
Male, female, etc.
fertilizes · impregnates · potentiates · enlivens · invigorates