disrobe

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ robe. Compare Old French desrober in the same sense.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹəʊb/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹoʊb/

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• Rhymes: -əʊb

Verb

disrobe (third-person singular simple present disrobes, present participle disrobing, simple past and past participle disrobed)

1. (transitive) To undress someone or something.

   Synonyms: dismantle, divest, strip, unclothe, uncover, undress

   • 2020, “House Music All Night Long”, in Beyond the Pale, performed by Jarvis Cocker:

     Goddamn this claustrophobia / 'Cause I should be disrobin’ ya

2. (intransitive) To undress oneself.

   Synonyms: strip, get undressed

   The doctor asked the patient to disrobe before her examination.

   • 1977 May 18, Ken Murrah, “'Champagne Complex' Is Simply Hilarious”, in The Daily Press:

     It concerns a young woman (played by Wendy Rieger) with a rather curious problem: she starts to disrobe every time she drinks champagne.

Antonyms

• enrobe

Derived terms

• disrober
• disrobement

Translations

undress someone or something — see also undress

• Bulgarian: събличам (bg) (săbličam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫掉……的衣服 / 脱掉……的衣服 (tuōdiào...de yīfu)

• Dutch: ontkleden (nl), uitkleden (nl)
• Esperanto: senvestigi, senvestiĝi
• Finnish: riisua (fi)
• French: déshabiller (fr), dévêtir (fr)
• German: entkleiden (de)
• Italian: spogliare (it), svestire (it)
• Manx: neuchoamree
• Māori: whakahahake
• Polish: rozbierać (pl) impf, rozebrać (pl) pf
• Quechua: q'aray
• Romanian: dezbrăca (ro)
• Russian: раздева́ть (ru) impf (razdevátʹ), разде́ть (ru) pf (razdétʹ)
• Spanish: desvestir (es)
• Swedish: klä av (sv)
• Ukrainian: роздяга́ти impf (rozdjaháty), роздягти́ pf (rozdjahtý), роздягну́ти pf (rozdjahnúty)

undress oneself — see also undress

• Bulgarian: събличам се (săbličam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脫衣服 / 脱衣服 (tuō yīfu)

• Esperanto: senvestigi, senvestiĝi
• Finnish: riisuuntua (fi)
• French: se déshabiller (fr), se dévêtir (fr)
• Khmer: ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʼaaw)
• Māori: marere, unu (mi)
• Polish: rozbierać się (pl) impf, rozebrać się (pl) pf
• Russian: раздева́ться (ru) impf (razdevátʹsja), разде́ться (ru) pf (razdétʹsja)
• Spanish: desvestirse (es)
• Swedish: klä av sig
• Ukrainian: роздяга́тися impf (rozdjahátysja), роздягти́ся pf (rozdjahtýsja), роздягну́тися pf (rozdjahnútysja)

References

• “disrobe” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

• is bored, beroids, brodies, borides, boreids, Brodies, bordeis