adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of undress form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having partially or completely removed one's clothes.

   "I looked back, and could see Jackson half undressed, and putting on his running-shoes."

2. 2
   Whose surface has not been dressed (prepared). usually

   "an undressed wound"

3. 3
   Without dressing. usually

Adjective

1. 1
   having removed clothing wordnet
2. 2
   of lumber or stone or hides; not finished or dressed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unfinishedangularbaldbareblankclothesless

Antonyms

All antonyms

clothesclad

Example

More examples

"They were undressed when I came in."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + dressed.

Etymology 2

From undress + -ed.

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