unclothed

U1N1C3L1O1T1H4E1D2

adjective

Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.

Similar
bareau naturelnakedbare-assedbare-assin the altogetherbare-breastedbraless
Opposite
clothed
OriginEnglish clothed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunclothed (comparative more unclothed, superlative most unclothed)

comparative more unclothed · superlative most unclothed · alternative obsolete uncloathed

  1. Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.

    Phuc was photographed aged nine as she ran, unclothed and screaming in agony, after napalm was dropped by a South Vietnamese Skyraider attack aircraft.

    2022 July 1, Rebecca Ratcliffe, “‘Napalm girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc receives final burn treatment after 50 years”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2022
verb

alternative obsolete uncloathed

  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unclothe

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot wearing clothing

Similar
bareau naturelnakedbare-assedbare-assin the altogetherbare-breastedbralesstoplessbareheadedbared
Opposite
clothed
Also see
au naturelbarebare-assedbare-breastedbareheadedbareleggedbottomlessbralessclotheslessexposedgarmentlessin the altogetherin the buffin the rawmother-nakednakednaked as a jaybirdnaked as the day one was bornnudeoff-the-shoulderpeeledraimentlessrawscantily cladseminudestarkersstark nakedstrippedtoplessunattireduncladuncoveredundressedungarbedungarmented

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishclothe
  9. Englishclothed
  10. Englishunclothed

From un- + clothed.

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Translations

Catalan desvestit
  • desvestitnot wearing clothes
Finnish alaston
  • alastonnot wearing clothes
German unbekleidet
  • unbekleidetnot wearing clothes
Hindi निर्वस्त्र
  • निर्वस्त्र (nirvastra)not wearing clothes
Latin nudus
  • nudusnot wearing clothes
Romanian dezbrăcat, neîmbrăcat
  • dezbrăcatnot wearing clothes
  • neîmbrăcatnot wearing clothes
  • golnot wearing clothes
Spanish en pelota, desvestido
  • en pelotanot wearing clothes
  • desvestidonot wearing clothes

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unclothed

clothedbetrothed
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Cite this entry
APA

unclothed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclothed

MLA

“unclothed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclothed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unclothed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclothed.

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