Antonyms for undress
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhn-dres |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdrɛs |
Definition of undress
Origin :- 1590s, "to shed one's clothing," from un- (2) + dress (v.). Transferred sense of "to strip off (someone's) clothing" is recorded from 1610s. The noun meaning "state of partial or incomplete dress" is attested from 1680s. Undressed "naked (or nearly so)" is recorded from 1610s.
- verb take off clothes
- Now when the night came, he could not even persuade himself to undress.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- The figure was that of a French officer, in undress, and was six feet high.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- Henry went to his bedroom, leaving Gilbert in the hall, and began to undress.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Her women entered her apartment only to dress and undress her.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- He only had time to take it into the other room, so that he might not have to undress in the dark.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Fandor-Vinson began to undress: the priest continued to polish his nails.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- He began to undress; but the merciless noise racked his nerves.
- Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
- For to-night not Sheelah, but his mother, was going to undress him and put him to bed.
- Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
- To-night, as he assisted me to undress, it wore an expression of supreme woe.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- Feeling dizzy, he made an effort to undress and get into bed.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
Synonyms for undress
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