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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  • Though the star is stripping and accreting matter like black holes sometimes do with stars, the huge difference in size between the star in ZTF J0440+2325 and a typical black hole means this proceeds differently.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pad Thai – less the salt and sugar – tastes very different when all the bad stuff is stripped out.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • One thing that the company promotes are summits on different teams, so you can get exposed to different areas of the business, which is a great opportunity to upskill yourself and then share your learnings and knowledge with other people.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The breach has prompted a global investigation, with experts warning that information about agents and their families could expose them to extortion, swatting and other harassment.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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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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  • Gowanus is hardly the only postindustrial New York neighborhood rife with toxic waste — in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the extent of toxic contamination is still being uncovered and mitigated in an ad hoc fashion.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, the 16-foot-by-32-foot church has been reconstructed, after archaeologists in 2021 uncovered the church’s original foundation, as well as 62 graves linked to the congregation.
    — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Undress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undress. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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