Antonyms for unvirtuous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : vur-choo-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr tʃu əs

Definition of unvirtuous

Origin : late 14c., "chaste" (of women), from virtue + -ous. Earlier it was used in a sense of "valiant, valorous, manly" (c.1300).

As in lewd : adj vulgar, indecent

Example sentences :

But I can promise you, I said, that every unvirtuous person will want to learn.
Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato

There are limitations to the endurance of an unvirtuous man.
Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker

Italy is also unvirtuous, yet her voice is full of bird-like melody, and her face is a dream of perfect poetry!
Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli

France is unvirtuous enough, God knows, yet there is a sunshiny smile on her lips that cheers the heart.
Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli

It was something, at least, that the plastic and not unvirtuous nature of the young man was directed towards a definite object.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 » by Various

What pleasures are to be compared with those of the Unvirtuous Virtuoso.
Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

And there a horrible blank tells of some unvirtuous borrower who has decapitated a valuable set by carrying off volume number one.
Extract from : « The Chautauquan, Vol. III, December 1882 » by The Chautauquan Literary and Scientific Circle

Synonyms for unvirtuous

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