underdress

English

Etymology

From under- + dress.

Verb

underdress (third-person singular simple present underdresses, present participle underdressing, simple past and past participle underdressed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.

Antonyms

Noun

underdress (countable and uncountable, plural underdresses)

  1. (countable) Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear.
    Coordinate term: underwear

Antonyms

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