Synonyms for unsceptre
- verb
- British English
All synonyms
Verb
de-crown, depose, dethrone, descepter, discrown, disenthrone, uncrown, unthrone, dissceptre rare, unking dated
Definitions
- v. 1
To deprive of a sceptre; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
I can make kings and unsceptre them, / Yet cannot give my heart to whom I choose.
Related words
- Other spellings
- unscepter US
Forms
- Past participle
- unsceptred
e.g. unsceptred → de-crowned, deposed, dethroned, desceptered…
Example sentences
- depose Often the people do not wish to depose a tyrant, often they cannot not.
- dethrone China and Russia want to dethrone the US.
By length
- 6 letters
- depose2, unking
- 7 letters
- uncrown
- 8 letters
- dethrone2, discrown, unthrone
- 9 letters
- descepter
- 10 letters
- dissceptre
- 11 letters
- disenthrone
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (depose2 = 2 syllables).