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
- 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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