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also negligé
as in nighty
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Recent Examples of negligee
Nigerian actress Temi Otedola oozed the mystery of a film noir femme fatale in a floor-length black coat, tightly cinched with the lacy hint of a negligee peeking out beneath.
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Ian Malone, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Elisa Benzoni’s elegant period costumes include modest bustiers, negligees and silk robes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
Wafting about in a flowy, sky-blue negligee, Rachel Bay Jones’ lady of leisure is daft but sweet and accidentally profound.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
The negligee style hangs from your collarbone down to your mid-chest and adds just a hint of a sparkle with two cubic zirconia stones on either end of the vertical section.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
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Ian Malone, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2024
Elisa Benzoni’s elegant period costumes include modest bustiers, negligees and silk robes.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
Wafting about in a flowy, sky-blue negligee, Rachel Bay Jones’ lady of leisure is daft but sweet and accidentally profound.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
The negligee style hangs from your collarbone down to your mid-chest and adds just a hint of a sparkle with two cubic zirconia stones on either end of the vertical section.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for negligee
Noun
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Later in the evening, Pugh and Pascal were spotted out at an afterparty at London’s 180 Strand—Pugh continued the naked dressing sensibilities for the night and wore a sheer, nude tulle trench coat, a matching lingerie bodice dress, and heeled ballet pumps.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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One of the owners of Trashy Lingerie, a Los Angeles lingerie and costume boutique, allegedly shot and killed his brother in order to save their mother.—
Summer Lin,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But as the chase goes on, Mari takes off many of her layers, including her footwear; she’s left in just the nightie and Jackie’s necklace, which Shauna had fastened around her neck moments before.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 Apr. 2025
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After the narrator steals a nightie from the laundry room and asks Robbie to wear it, the affair’s power dynamic shifts.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Negligee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligee. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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