undress

verb

ən-ˈdres How to pronounce undress (audio)
Definition of undressnext
1
as in to strip
to remove clothing from I quickly undressed myself and pulled on a set of dry clothes

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2
as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of a self-styled financial investor who was eventually undressed as a con artist running a pyramid scheme

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Recent Examples of undress The sisters become the fixation of a forklift-driving mouth breather (John Connors) and are photographed while undressing by a neighbor (Malcolm Adams) who climbs up on the roof across the street to spy on them. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 As one example of how this ropes in unwitting people who aren’t aware of the privacy risks of nearby glasses, the complaint cited one video where a user set down his Meta glasses on his nightstand, which then captured video of his wife undressing. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 Seven of the top nine image generation models freely available on Hugging Face allow people to digitally undress a person without their knowledge of consent, according to research by European nonprofit AI Forensics. — Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 Upon further inspection, the officer allegedly found the USB contained images of state employees undressing. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for undress
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undress
  1. strip
  2. expose
  3. disrobe
  4. uncover
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  • The House passed its own version over the summer as part of the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, which strips out the duty of care language.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • With the sentence stripped down to subject, moment and outcome, teams can go looking in places that have nothing to do with their product.
    — Duncan Wardle, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of strip
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  • Silver found that prisoners remained exposed to grave threats of harm and suffering because of systematic deficiencies in their healthcare.
    — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisers have, for decades, struggled to determine exactly how many people were exposed to a commercial, but that task has become exponentially more difficult in the digital age.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of expose
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  • The game starts with a 60-second contest to disrobe mannequins decked out in layered bras.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • With an increasing number of thrift stores closing dressing rooms (a move often made to discourage theft), some people disrobe right there in the open.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
Definition of disrobe
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  • There’s a place for topical solutions and other hair loss treatments (including minoxidil), but blood tests are the first step to uncovering the underlying cause of shedding.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Judges and prosecutors who had uncovered and investigated the corruption emerged from that period with extraordinary political authority, presenting themselves as a check on a political class that had failed the Brazilian people.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncover

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“Undress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undress. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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