Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈbɒdɪs/ · noun
A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves..
As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms.
On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. She is wearing Tyrolese costume: the low-cut white bodice with cross-laced velvet waistcoat, the floral apron and dirndl skirt.
Patty said, ‘It’s almost one of those awful parts where a girl is just brought in to stand and look sexy, and not really do anything. I don’t just want to come in wearing a tight open-bodice dress and be an ornament. I’m an actress; I want lines.’
Use bodice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bodice means A corset-like sleeveless overgarment for women, sometimes provided with detachable sleeves..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As she knelt, too, her amber locks fell in rich ringlets about her beautiful head, her innocent bosom palpitated beneath the crimson boddice, and her timid blushes increased the effulgence of her charms.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.