unclean
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unclean
- /ʌnˈkliːn/
Rhymes with -iːn
Where it comes from
From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.
adjective uncleaner · uncleanest
- Dirty, soiled or foul. They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.
- Not moral or chaste. I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.
- Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Similar: befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grotty, grubby, horry, icky, lousy, manky, nasty, seamy, soiled, sordid, squalid, sullied, unclean, unwashed, yucky · Opposite: clean
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: soiled, filthy, grimy, begrimed, grungy, grubby, squalid, flyblown, foul, bedraggled, defiled, dingy, scummy, dirty, impure, nasty
Translations
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adj not moral or chaste
| Português | impuro |
|---|---|
| Français | impur |
| Deutsch | unrein |
| Română | imoral, necurat |
| Русский | амора́льный amorálʹnyj, непристо́йный nepristójnyj, гря́зный grjáznyj, по́шлый póšlyj |
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