disrobe

disrobe

English

Etymology

From Middle French desrober, from des- (“dis-”) + rober.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹəʊb/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈɹoʊb/
• 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

   • 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.

Derived terms

• disrobement

Translations

undress someone or something — See also translations at undress

Bulgarian: събличам (bg) (sǎbličam) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can 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 Maori: 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 translations at undress

Bulgarian: събличам се (sǎbličam se) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: senvestigi,senvestiĝi Finnish: riisuuntua (fi) French: se déshabiller (fr), se dévêtir (fr) Khmer: ដោះខោអាវ (dɑh khao ʼaaw) Maori: marere 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 (sv) Ukrainian: роздяга́тися impf (rozdjahátysja), роздягти́ся pf (rozdjahtýsja), роздягну́тися pf (rozdjahnútysja)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Brodies, beroids, boreids, borides, brodies