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Antonyms for unpolished


Grammar : Adj
Spell : pol-isht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒl ɪʃt



Definition of unpolished

Origin :
  • late 14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of polish (v.). In reference to style, language, etc., attested from late 15c.
  • adj rough
  • adj vulgar
  • adj crude
Example sentences :
  • I said so, in a most unpolished phrase: I called myself a spy.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Down the edges are rows of small, unpolished pearls, running into points.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast » by F. Colburn Adams
  • He was in some ways rough-hewn and unpolished, but he was a great man.
  • Extract from : « Victorian Worthies » by George Henry Blore
  • The walls were divided into panels of polished and unpolished granite.
  • Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley
  • The pile was ordered to be built of rough wood, unpolished by the ax.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • All those people seemed to him too unpolished or too hostile.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert
  • And he pointed to the necklace of ruddy, unpolished stones that he wore.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Dick Maitland » by Harry Collingwood
  • Of course it was unpolished, but even in that state was very beautiful.
  • Extract from : « Six Months at the Cape » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • If he be a diamond, he is certainly in the rough and unpolished.
  • Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull
  • "She is too elegant, too clever, to like an unpolished girl like me," thought Selina.
  • Extract from : « Manners, Vol 1 of 3 » by Frances Brooke

Synonyms for unpolished

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