Synonyms for unvirtuous


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vur-choo-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr tʃu əs

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Définition of unvirtuous

Origin :
  • late 14c., "chaste" (of women), from virtue + -ous. Earlier it was used in a sense of "valiant, valorous, manly" (c.1300).
  • As in lewd : adj vulgar, indecent
Example sentences :
  • But I can promise you, I said, that every unvirtuous person will want to learn.
  • Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
  • There are limitations to the endurance of an unvirtuous man.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Italy is also unvirtuous, yet her voice is full of bird-like melody, and her face is a dream of perfect poetry!
  • Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
  • France is unvirtuous enough, God knows, yet there is a sunshiny smile on her lips that cheers the heart.
  • Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
  • It was something, at least, that the plastic and not unvirtuous nature of the young man was directed towards a definite object.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 » by Various
  • What pleasures are to be compared with those of the Unvirtuous Virtuoso.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • And there a horrible blank tells of some unvirtuous borrower who has decapitated a valuable set by carrying off volume number one.
  • Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

Antonyms for unvirtuous

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