Antonyms for unclean


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-kleen
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈklin


Definition of unclean

Origin :
  • Old English unclæne, "morally impure, defiled, unfit for food," from un- (1) "not" + clean (adj.). Literal sense of "dirty" is recorded from mid-13c.
  • adj dirty
Example sentences :
  • The false cannot inherit the true nor the unclean the lovely.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • You shake your heads; then why do you stare at me as though I were a thing accursed and unclean?
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • But a pig is only the unclean animal—the forbidden of the prophet.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • It was very ugly, but very big, and the streets in front of it were narrow and unclean.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Woe betide—but, was there ever such a gathering of unclean, unholy humanity?
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She was regarded as some unclean animal that battened upon corruption.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • He must stand aloof, crying "unclean" in his soul if not with his voice.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • The taunt hurt him, too, like unclean words from lips beloved.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • The behaviour of that unclean white madman is furious in the extreme.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • That eater of swine aimed a blow at my face with his unclean fist.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for unclean

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