shirtless

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US/ˈʃɝtləs/UK/ˈʃɜːtləs/

adjective

Without a shirt.

“a shirtless wardrobe”

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English shirt →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

adjectiveshirtless (comparative more shirtless, superlative most shirtless)

comparative more shirtless · superlative most shirtless

  1. Without a shirt.

    a shirtless wardrobe

    1 more example

    shirtless sunbathing

  2. Not wearing a shirt; having a bare torso, barechested.

    We tried to block the glare from the lunch-break o’clock sun as we watched this babe with bejeweled nails dancing with a shirtless dude in the desert while rapping.

    2019 December 28, Samantha Irby, “Lizzo: TIME's Entertainer of the Year”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2020
  3. idiomaticVery poor.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
topless

Origin

  1. Englishshirt
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishshirtless

From shirt + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 赤膊
  • 赤膊 (chìbó)not wearing a shirt
Esperanto senĉemiza
  • senĉemizanot wearing a shirt
French torse nu
  • torse nunot wearing a shirt
German mit nacktem Oberkörper
  • mit nacktem Oberkörpernot wearing a shirt
Icelandic ber að ofan
  • ber að ofannot wearing a shirt
Japanese 上半身裸
  • 上半身裸not wearing a shirt
Swedish barbröstad
  • barbröstadnot wearing a shirt
Cite this entry
APA

shirtless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtless

MLA

“shirtless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shirtless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtless.

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