Antonyms for cleansed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : klenz

Phonetic Transcription : klɛnz

Definition of cleansed

Origin : Old English clænsian "to cleanse, purge, purify, chasten, justify," from West Germanic *klainson, from *klainoz (see clean (adj.)). Despite its modern spelling (16c.), it retains its Middle English pronunciation. Related: Cleansed; cleansing.

verb make undirty; wash

Example sentences :

He emptied the cistern, and cleansed it, with plentiful washings.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

He had felt emasculated, nearer to the angels, cleansed of sexuality.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

"It was you—the blessed sight of you that cleansed me," I cried.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

The stains of sordid traffic shall be cleansed by the dews and the rains.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

Similarly, a splinter, if not removed and cleansed, will produce a pus-forming wound.
Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

But God said, "What I have cleansed, call thou not unclean."
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various

If the yarn was to be knitted, it had to be washed and cleansed.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

The colder it is, the better for the clothes that are to be cleansed.
Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu

When shall I rest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me?
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

We cleansed and drained his wounds and left what we could for him.
Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

Synonyms for cleansed

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