unclean in English dictionary

  • unclean

    Meanings and definitions of "unclean"

    • ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit
    • adjective
      Dirty, soiled or foul.
    • adjective
      Not moral or chaste.
    • adjective
      Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
    • dirty, soiled or foul
    • not moral or chaste
    • Regarded by a religious rule as being, temporarily or permanently, very dirty or in a similar condition, and, as such, banned from the sacred places as well as, if a thing or an animal, from major uses such as being eaten or, if a person, from major activities, such as sexual intercourse or social life among non such people.
    • adjective
      having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
    • adjective
      soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

    Synonyms of "unclean" in English dictionary

    squalid, bespattered, dusty are the top synonyms of "unclean" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "unclean" in English dictionary

    clean is the antonym of "unclean" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of unclean

    • unclean ( comparative more unclean, superlative most unclean)
    • unclean (comparative uncleaner, superlative uncleanest)
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