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Synonyms for unclean
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-kleen |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈklin |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for unclean
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