Meanings
present singular third person disrobes · participle present disrobing · participle past disrobed · past disrobed
- intransitiveTo undress oneself.
The doctor asked the patient to disrobe before her examination.
1 more example
It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.
1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, “'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious”, in The Daily PressSynonyms: strip, get undressed
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo undress oneself.
More synonyms by meaning
verbget undressed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From dis- + robe. Compare Old French desrober in the same sense.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian събличам, събличам се
- събличам (săbličam)undress someone or something — see also undress
- събличам се (săbličam se)undress oneself — see also undress
Chinese Mandarin 脫掉……的衣服 /脱掉……的衣服, 脫衣服 /脱衣服
- 脫掉……的衣服 /脱掉……的衣服 (tuōdiào...de yīfu)undress someone or something — see also undress
- 脫衣服 /脱衣服 (tuō yīfu)undress oneself — see also undress
Dutch ontkleden, uitkleden
- ontkledenundress someone or something — see also undress
- uitkledenundress someone or something — see also undress
Esperanto senvestigi, senvestiĝi
- senvestigiundress someone or something — see also undress
- senvestiĝiundress someone or something — see also undress
- senvestigiundress oneself — see also undress
- senvestiĝiundress oneself — see also undress
Finnish riisua, riisuuntua
- riisuaundress someone or something — see also undress
- riisuuntuaundress oneself — see also undress
French déshabiller, dévêtir
- déshabillerundress someone or something — see also undress
- dévêtirundress someone or something — see also undress
- se déshabillerundress oneself — see also undress
- se dévêtirundress oneself — see also undress
German entkleiden
- entkleidenundress someone or something — see also undress
Italian spogliare, svestire
- spogliareundress someone or something — see also undress
- svestireundress someone or something — see also undress
Māori whakahahake, marere
- whakahahakeundress someone or something — see also undress
- marereundress oneself — see also undress
- unuundress oneself — see also undress
Polish rozbierać, rozebrać
- rozbieraćundress someone or something — see also undress
- rozebraćundress someone or something — see also undress
- rozbierać sięundress oneself — see also undress
- rozebrać sięundress oneself — see also undress
Romanian dezbrăca
- dezbrăcaundress someone or something — see also undress
Russian раздева́ть, разде́ть
- раздева́ть (razdevátʹ)undress someone or something — see also undress
- разде́ть (razdétʹ)undress someone or something — see also undress
- раздева́ться (razdevátʹsja)undress oneself — see also undress
- разде́ться (razdétʹsja)undress oneself — see also undress
Spanish desvestir, desvestirse
- desvestirundress someone or something — see also undress
- desvestirseundress oneself — see also undress
Swedish klä av, klä av sig
- klä avundress someone or something — see also undress
- klä av sigundress oneself — see also undress
Ukrainian роздяга́ти, роздягти́
- роздяга́ти (rozdjaháty)undress someone or something — see also undress
- роздягти́ (rozdjahtý)undress someone or something — see also undress
- роздягну́ти (rozdjahnúty)undress someone or something — see also undress
- роздяга́тися (rozdjahátysja)undress oneself — see also undress
- роздягти́ся (rozdjahtýsja)undress oneself — see also undress
- роздягну́тися (rozdjahnútysja)undress oneself — see also undress
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with disrobe
All rhymes →Cite this entry
disrobe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrobe
“disrobe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrobe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disrobe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disrobe.
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