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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