Antonyms for virginal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vur-juh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr dʒə nl |
Definition of virginal
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French virginal or directly from Latin virginalis, from virgin (see virgin). The keyed musical instrument so called from 1520s, but the reason is obscure (see virginals).
- adj chaste
- adj innocent
- Queen Elizabeth's virginal is still preserved at Worcestershire.
- Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover
- There are several explanations as to why the virginal was so called.
- Extract from : « How the Piano Came to Be » by Ellye Howell Glover
- She had a virginal shape, and liked her clothes to cling about her knees.
- Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- It was an exquisite morning, too virginal for June, too richly warm for May.
- Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- She stood gazing at the firelit faces, the virginal half-smile on her lips.
- Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
- Temple Bells looks and acts sweet and innocent and virginal.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- She came in a soft, white gown that clung to her virginal figure.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Salem » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- A more noble, beautiful, virginal head it would be impossible to imagine.
- Extract from : « Columba » by Prosper Merimee
- All her virginal dreams clustered there like doves quivering for flight.
- Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
- In my virginal innocence I replied that one rhyme had amused me.
- Extract from : « Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography » by George William Erskine Russell
Synonyms for virginal
- above suspicion
- angelic
- angelical
- austere
- celibate
- chaste
- clean
- cleanhanded
- clear
- continent
- controlled
- crimeless
- decent
- decorous
- elegant
- exemplary
- faultless
- free of
- good
- guilt-free
- guiltless
- honest
- immaculate
- impeccable
- impeccant
- impotent
- in the clear
- inculpable
- inexperienced
- innocent
- intemerate
- irreproachable
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- licit
- lily-white
- modest
- monogamous
- moral
- neat
- nice
- not guilty
- platonic
- pristine
- proper
- prudish
- pure
- pure as the driven snow
- quiet
- refined
- restrained
- righteous
- safe
- simple
- sinless
- spotless
- stainless
- subdued
- unaffected
- unblemished
- uncensurable
- uncontaminated
- uncorrupt
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unimpeachable
- uninvolved
- unoffending
- unstained
- unsullied
- untainted
- unwed
- upright
- vestal
- virgin
- virtuous
- wholesome
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