depantsed

Shorts suddenly absent

Depantsed means having had one's pants pulled down, typically as a prank or humiliation: He got depantsed in front of the whole gym class.

The act is a staple of schoolyard bullying and fraternity hazing.

Also spelled depantsed or de-pantsed, with the base verb depants meaning to pull someone's pants down.

prank

pantsing

Pulling down someone's trousers

shenanigan · mischief · tomfoolery · high jinks · gag · stunt · horseplay · antic · teasing · ribbing

humiliation

embarrassment

Self-conscious unease

indignity · disgrace · degradation · abasement · chagrin · dishonor · red-faced · flustered · sheepish · awkwardness

exposure

underwear

Clothing worn beneath

uncovered · revealed · disrobed · undressed · mooning · flash · boxer shorts · briefs · commando · caught

Opposites
state of clothing/exposure

depantseddressed

Wearing garments

clothed · reclothed · fully dressed · covered up · trousered

agency and dignity

depantseddignified

Composed and respectable

composed · respected · unviolated · unmolested · left alone

dignity/social status

depantseddignified

Composed and respectable

honored · respected · celebrated · empowered · composed

Family

depants, depantsing

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG