What is another word for undressing?

Pronunciation: [ʌndɹˈɛsɪŋ] (IPA)

Undressing is a common term used to describe the act of removing one's clothing. However, there are other words that can be used interchangeably with this term. Some of them include disrobing, unclothing, stripping, unattiring, and denuding. Disrobing is mostly used in a formal or professional setting, while unclothing and stripping are commonly used in informal contexts. Unattiring describes the act of undressing without a sense of urgency or haste, while denuding is used to describe the removal of clothing from someone or something completely. Using synonyms instead of the same word repeatedly can add variety and interest to writing, conversation, and communication.

What are the hypernyms for Undressing?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Undressing

The entr'actes were short and the curtain was soon up again, and the comic man raised customary laughter by undressing and exposing his nether garments to the public view; then more tragedy, and the final act with its darkened room, its casting lots, and its explosion.
"Liza of Lambeth"
W. Somerset Maugham
But she got up again and pushed Dale away, when he offered to help her in undressing.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Don't waste any time in undressing, or warming or rubbing the hands or feet to start the circulation.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson

Famous quotes with Undressing

  • An artist on Esperance had once said to me, "Having sex or a domestic quarrel with the house monitors on is like undressing in front of a dog or cat ... it gives you pause the first time, and then you forget about it.
    Dan Simmons
  • There certainly is self division. The man who watches a woman undressing has the red eyes of an ape; yet the man who sees two young lovers, really alone for the first time, who brings out all the pathos, the tenderness and uncertainty when he tells about it, is no brute; he is very much human. And the ape and the man exist in one body; and when the ape's desires are about to be fulfilled, he disappears and is succeeded by the man, who is disgusted with the ape's appetite.
    Colin Wilson
  • The basic paradox about sex is that it always seems to be offering more than it can deliver. A glimpse of a girl undressing through a lighted bedroom window induces a vision of ecstatic delight, but in the actual process of persuading the girl into bed, the vision somehow evaporates.
    Colin Wilson
  • [narrating "Sex" by Madonna on tape]: I like my vagina. Sometimes I stare at it in the mirror when I'm undressing, and wonder what it would look like without any hair.
    Phil Hartman
  • Not a red rose or a satin heart. I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love...
    Carol Ann Duffy

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