Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To remove the clothing or covering from.
- v. To undress oneself.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To divest of a robe or garments; undress.
- To divest of any enveloping appendage; denude; uncover: as, autumn disrobes the fields of verdure.
- To divest one's self of a robe or of one's garments.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To divest of a robe; to undress; figuratively, to strip of covering; to divest of that which clothes or decorates.
WordNet 3.0
- v. get undressed
Etymologies
- From Middle French desrober, from des- ("dis-") + rober. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Apparently Sweet P's diva likes to "disrobe" - that is her thing.”
Jane McGivney: Make it Work: Do These Cut-Out Leather & Lace Chaps Make Me Look Fat?
“Now before he left the room, he said 'disrobe' but I'm leaving the boxers on.”
“The "disrobe" plan started as a Facebook group, organized by the leading protest group, Take Back Commencement.”
The Huffington Post: Jett Wells: Sex Doll Crashes Jamie Dimon Commencement Speech (VIDEO)
“There is going to be a distinct backlash on the Muslim community if American citizens are forced to routinely disrobe in order to board their flights.”
Source: WH considers Friday incident attempted terrorist attack
“Forcing everyone to disrobe and be probed is likely going to be unacceptable to many non-Muslim Americans.”
Source: WH considers Friday incident attempted terrorist attack
“Grace feels the girls and the queen disrobe her with their eyes.”
“When Mary Catherine came to him that morning—before he found Dick in the car—and started to disrobe, Father Amadi realized his ability to pretend had forever died.”
“Browne, who grew up Catholic in Allentown, Pa., said he thought it would be funny to have the priests disrobe the nuns.”
The Washington Post: New York Fashion Week 2011: Showmanship by Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Derek Lam
“Maybe if you'd been catching balls yourself, instead of spending the whole challenge trying to disrobe Grant Laudable as that lofty goal is, you might have found yourself "meant to win.”
The Huffington Post: Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Small Minds and Giant Jesus.
“A committee on women's issues has recommended that flight suits be redesigned for both men and women so it's unnecessary to disrobe before urinating.”
USA Today: They're not guys: New gear to fit female soldiers
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘disrobe’.
-
Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
-
Naked
Words relating to getting naked, being naked, the commonly naked, nakedness (partial or complete), and similar.
denude, strip, stripper, harlot, Cyprian, fancy woman, lady of pleasure, hooker, divest, unfrock, unclothe, disrobe and 115 more...
-
Words of seduction
nibble, caress, writhing, whisper, penetrate, lick, flushed, passionate, embrace, nudity, intimacy, tempt and 17 more...
-
big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
-
LSD's list
defenestration, the sixth sick sh..., ablution, sapiosexual, disrobe, hesternial, tyrotoxism, and, the, vagina
Tweets
Looking for tweets for disrobe.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.