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adjective

as in naked
lacking or shed of clothing a statue of a partially disrobed woman

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disrobed

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verb

past tense of disrobe
as in undressed
to remove clothing from the doctor instructed the patient to disrobe himself before the examination

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Recent Examples of disrobed
Verb
Even Harbour’s physicality — the actor has put on weight and spends much of the show in ill-fitting attire or partially disrobed — is meant to elicit more than one response. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026 This was where life had disrobed. — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026 The retooling emperor has been disrobed and rightly ridiculed by those far enough removed from the halls of power to speak plainly, the truth now apparent for all to see. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026 In the basement, officers found Bridgeman in a grisly state, wearing the clothes from the party but partially disrobed, with a piece of concrete in her mouth. — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disrobed
  1. naked
  2. undressed
  3. nude
  4. stripped
Adjective
  • He was caught running naked through the streets of Toronto, and placed in a mental hospital.
    — Josh Penn Soskin, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • The same went for the bathtub scene, when Ormund emerges butt-naked in front of the lord and lady of Tumbleton, now under Hightower occupation.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of naked
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  • Dever said the women did not believe their coach’s intent was to record them getting undressed, but rather to spy on their discussion.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2026
  • The woman woke up the next morning partially undressed at a home in the 11100 block of Spathis Drive in Palos hills, police said.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 28 May 2026
Definition of undressed
Adjective
  • Her nude lip, lined ever so delicately with a skin-complementing brown, matched the visage.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026
  • The leasing officer who let us in watches from the doorway with a bemused smile as Parks films the space on her phone, clacking around the hardwood floors in nude heels and a backless seafoam dress, a Coach bag slung over her shoulder.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026
Definition of nude
Verb
  • Yet there is something singularly unbecoming about a franchise as American as Superman (and its adjuncts) being willfully stripped of its patriotism and good cheer.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
  • The recent owner also stripped out interior flourishes added in the late 1990s, when the home served as the Pasadena Showcase House.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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