Antonyms for immaculate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-mak-yuh-lit
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmæk yə lɪt


Definition of immaculate

Origin :
  • early 15c., "free from mental or moral pollution, pure," from a figurative use of Latin immaculatus "unstained," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + maculatus "spotted, defiled," past participle of maculare "to spot," from macula "spot, blemish." The literal sense of "spotlessly clean or neat" in English is first attested 1735. Immaculate Conception is late 15c., from Middle French conception immaculée (late 15c.); declared to be an article of faith in 1854.
  • adj very clean; unspoiled
  • adj innocent, uncorrupted
Example sentences :
  • He was said to keep the house in immaculate order, and he also took care of the garden.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • It proved to be a little out of place, but otherwise he was as immaculate as was his wont.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Large and mysterious are the paths of heaven, just and immaculate his ways.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He took off the immaculate topper and held it out towards her.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • And nearly in the middle was the bulky, immaculate, pigmented Ribiera.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • He was back at Gertrude's table, the worshipped, the immaculate Gertrude of those days.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • The snow was an immaculate shroud, unmarked by track of bird or beast.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • I assure you I do it in the interests of Templeton, and of your immaculate Club.
  • Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Do not, therefore, look for an immaculate husband, for you will not find him.
  • Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
  • His linen was immaculate, and he wore a fine pearl in his black poplin cravat.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

Synonyms for immaculate

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