Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undress
Participle: undressed
Gerund: undressing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | undress |
| you | undress |
| he;she;it | undresses |
| we | undress |
| you | undress |
| they | undress |
Perfect
| I | have undressed |
| you | have undressed |
| he;she;it | has undressed |
| we | have undressed |
| you | have undressed |
| they | have undressed |
Past
| I | undressed |
| you | undressed |
| he;she;it | undressed |
| we | undressed |
| you | undressed |
| they | undressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had undressed |
| you | had undressed |
| he;she;it | had undressed |
| we | had undressed |
| you | had undressed |
| they | had undressed |
Future
| I | will undress |
| you | will undress |
| he;she;it | will undress |
| we | will undress |
| you | will undress |
| they | will undress |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undressed |
| you | will have undressed |
| he;she;it | will have undressed |
| we | will have undressed |
| you | will have undressed |
| they | will have undressed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undress |
| you | undress |
| he;she;it | undress |
| we | undress |
| you | undress |
| they | undress |
Perfect
| I | have undressed |
| you | have undressed |
| he;she;it | have undressed |
| we | have undressed |
| you | have undressed |
| they | have undressed |
Imperfect
| I | undressed |
| you | undressed |
| he;she;it | undressed |
| we | undressed |
| you | undressed |
| they | undressed |
Pluperfect
| I | had undressed |
| you | had undressed |
| he;she;it | had undressed |
| we | had undressed |
| you | had undressed |
| they | had undressed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undress |
| you | would undress |
| he;she;it | would undress |
| we | would undress |
| you | would undress |
| they | would undress |
Perfect
| I | would have undressed |
| you | would have undressed |
| he;she;it | would have undressed |
| we | would have undressed |
| you | would have undressed |
| they | would have undressed |
Imperative
| you | undress |
| we | Let's undress |
| you | undress |
Verbs conjugated like 'undress'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'undress'
address,
dress,
ingress,
laundress,
outdress,
redress,
unaddress,
unbless,
uncross,
unmess,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to remove clothing
- expose
- to remove one's hat or cap
- uncover
- to remove one's clothing
- denude, despoil, dismantle, disrobe, divest, doff, peel, put off, strip, strip down, strip off, unclothe
Antonyms
- to remove one's clothing
- clothe
- to adorn or cover with clothing
- clothe
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1596, "to shed one's clothing," from un- (2) + dress (v.). Trans. sense of "to strip off (someone's) clothing" is recorded from 1615. The noun meaning "state of partial or incomplete dress" is attested from 1685.
Undressed "naked (or nearly so)" is recorded from 1613.
2. From Middle English undressen, equivalent to un- + dress. Compare Old English unsċrȳdan (“to undress”, literally “un-shroud”). See: Middle English '
undressen'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] else to put my clothes on, I deposit them upon the ground: not without soiling my hands, for it is in the same condition as the carpets in the Capitol, and from the same cause. Having but partially undressed, I clamber on my shelf, and hold the curtain open for a few minutes while I look round on all my fellow-travellers again. That done, I let it fall on them, and on the world: turn round: and go to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in their hands, were groping among the shelves in search of numbers corresponding with those they had drawn. As soon as any gentleman found his number, he took possession of it by immediately undressing himself and crawling into bed. The rapidity with which an agitated gambler subsided into a snoring slumberer, was one of the most singular effects I have ever witnessed. As to the ladies, they [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)