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Definitions

nude

[nood, nyood] / nud, nyud /

ADJECTIVE

without clothes, covering

Synonyms

STRONGEST

naked

STRONG

dishabille in the buff raw skin

WEAK

au naturel bald bare bare-skinned buck naked disrobed exposed garmentless in one's birthday suit in one's skin in the altogether peeled stark stark naked stripped unattired unclad unclothed uncovered undraped undressed wearing only a smile without a stitch

Antonyms

WEAK

clothed covered

Example Sentences

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In July 2006, Manhattan prosecutors charged Doyle with the theft of a bronze sculpture of a nude dancer by French impressionist Edgar Degas valued at $600,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Mr Todd's attire was not too unusual for Portland, known for its quirky culture and left-wing protests that revel in the absurd - public yoga and 80s-style aerobics lessons, and nude cycling groups.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Her lips, coated in a nude lipstick, are pursed just enough to achieve the perfect pout.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2025

Who knows what prompted Camille Claudel, at 20, to take a blade to the clay model of her sculpture of a headless crouching nude, tilting to one side and balanced precariously on rough feet?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

Without raising his body, he reached out a nude, inflamed-pink, right arm and flicked his ashes in the general direction of the night table.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger