Antonyms for unswept
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : swept |
| Phonetic Transcription : swɛpt |
Definition of unswept
Origin :- c.1300, perhaps from a past tense form of Middle English swope "sweep," from Old English swapan "to sweep" (transitive & intransitive); see swoop. Related: Swept; sweeping.
- As in uncleanly : adj dirty
- As in dirty : adj soiled, unclean
- As in dusty : adj filled with or covered with powdery particles
- A man could find some comfort in an unswept attic or an unwashed shirt.
- Extract from : « A Miscellany of Men » by G. K. Chesterton
- Wind had whirled the leaves in upon the temple floors, and they lay there unswept.
- Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
- Natasha runs across the warm planks, as yet unswept of dust and litter.
- Extract from : « The Old House and Other Tales » by Feodor Sologub
- He sat watching him a while, then rose and kindled a fire on the unswept hearth.
- Extract from : « Satan Sanderson » by Hallie Erminie Rives
- The brown leaves fluttered about, unswept from the dreary avenues.
- Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) » by John Roby
- The avenue was unswept and untended, and here and there boughs broken off by wind.
- Extract from : « The Shuttle » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The fire was out and the room undusted and unswept, a close smell she did not recognise filled the room.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Dorriman, Volume 2 of 3 » by Julie Bosville Chetwynd
- The dirt of the unswept streets, never removed, has raised the grade of Cairo from age to age.
- Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.
- Below this is the celebrated mosaic called Asarotos, representing an unswept floor after a banquet.
- Extract from : « Walks in Rome » by Augustus J.C. Hare
- If dust is to be raised from the unswept parlour, you may be sure it will “fly abundantly” in the picture.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
Synonyms for unswept
- arenaceous
- arenose
- bedraggled
- begrimed
- black
- chalky
- contaminated
- cruddy
- crumbly
- crummy
- defiled
- dirty
- disarrayed
- dishabille
- disheveled
- dreggy
- dungy
- dusty
- filthy
- foul
- fouled
- friable
- granular
- greasy
- grimy
- grubby
- grungy
- icky
- lousy
- messy
- mucky
- muddy
- mung
- murky
- nasty
- pigpen
- polluted
- raunchy
- sandy
- scummy
- scuzzy
- slatternly
- slimy
- sloppy
- slovenly
- smudged
- smutty
- soiled
- sooty
- spattered
- spotted
- squalid
- stained
- straggly
- sullied
- unclean
- undusted
- unhygienic
- unkempt
- unlaundered
- unsanitary
- unsightly
- unswept
- untidy
- untouched
- unwashed
- yucky
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