to disrobe

Examples

• All

• When it was time for her appointment, she was asked to disrobe so the doctor could examine her properly.

• After some hasty preliminaries, they retired to the bedroom, where she slowly began to disrobe.

  Fiction book (1999)

• I need for you to disrobe and I'll step right outside.

  Juwanna Mann (2002)

• Now, you just disrobe whenever you feel comfortable.

  Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011)

• Then, move to opposite areas of the bedroom to disrobe.

  The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

• Disrobe, please, and put this gown on.

  The End (1978)

• They set up a table and ask you to disrobe and get on it.

  Ear Biscuits

• Once again, she didn't bother to disrobe before entering the water.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Francesca rushes in and starts to disrobe, getting ready to shower and change for dinner.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I disrobed, stripping down to my underpants and T-shirt, then slipped between his sheets.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

T

to take off

vsto disrobe

∞ 1.5

To remove clothes or something from your body

is limited to removing clothing from oneself rather than any object

U

to undress

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

88 2.0

To take off clothes from yourself or another person

is the more formal term for the same action

S

to strip

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

63 3.4

Take off most or all clothes

is the general act of taking clothes off without stressing total removal

E

to expose

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

56 6.1

Remove clothing so parts of the body are shown, sometimes in a sexual or public way

describes ordinary removal of clothes without implying indecency

P

to peel

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

39 7.7

Take off some or all clothes in a noticeable way

is the neutral expression for removing clothes, not informal or showy

S

to strip down

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

12 5.1

To take off most or all of your clothes

is the broader term for removing clothes without stressing completeness

U

to uncover

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

11 3.4

Remove clothing to show part of the body

is the act of taking clothes off without focus on revealing

S

to strip off

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

9 3.7

To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly

describes removing clothes but not necessarily with speed or single motion

D

to divest

vsto disrobe

• Formal

3 7.3

Remove clothes from the body

is the neutral term for removing clothes without formal intention

U

to unclothe

vsto disrobe

• NSFW

7.4

To remove clothes from a person or a cover from an object

refers to personal undressing rather than figurative or symbolic removal

Antonyms

D

to dress

∞ 1.0

To put clothes on yourself or someone else

C

to clothe

19 3.2

To put clothes on someone or cover their body with clothes

How Dressed

to disrobe

12 6.3

to undress

• NSFW

88 2.0

to take off

∞ 1.5

to unbutton

22 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology