UNCLOTHED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˌən-ˈklōt͟hd

Definition of unclothed

as in naked

lacking or shed of clothing an artist's drawings of clothed and unclothed figures

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verb

past tense of unclothe

as in undressed

to remove clothing from partially unclothed the patient for treatment

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Jurors heard new details about how investigators found Athena Strand, including testimony that she was found unclothed and that items of her clothing were later recovered. — Lauren Crawford, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026 Several South Shore residents reported witnessing federal immigration agents forcibly removing unclothed children from apartments during the pre-dawn raid in Chicago. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 The man stands just beyond a vivid swirl of similarly unclothed American Indians with discolored bodies, a jarring imagining of the senseless violence and disease that ravaged the Ohlone people, who first settled in the coastal Northern California land that now comprises much of the Bay Area. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025 Woolf's remains were found unclothed and partially decomposed near the San Joaquin trailhead in Tucson in December 2024. — Wren Smetana, AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unclothed

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Inside the spa, which costs $85 to enter, visitors will find saunas as hot as 220 degrees, cold-plunge pools, steam rooms and banya treatments that whisk naked bodies with oak leaves and essential oils.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
While Debicki needed a moment to grapple with the sight of a naked wicker man, Colman’s reaction mirrored her character falling in love at first sight.

— Isabelle Farina, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026

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According to the director, Evans then undressed and stepped into the shower while cameras were rolling, before Oppenheim had a chance to respond.

— Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2026
Jordende Pierre, 29, was arrested Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, after the woman was found earlier this month in the attic of an apartment building, undressed on a mat and lying near a bucket of urine, according to CNN affiliates WCVB and WFXT.

— Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

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