Synonyms for unvirtuous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vur-choo-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr tʃu əs |
Top 10 synonyms for unvirtuous Other synonyms for the word unvirtuous
- blue
- fast
- filthy
- foul-mouthed
- gross
- hard-core
- immodest
- immoral
- improper
- impure
- in bad taste
- incontinent
- indelicate
- lecherous
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- loose
- lustful
- profligate
- questionable
- rakish
- risqué
- salacious
- scandalous
- scurrilous
- shameless
- smutty
- suggestive
- taboo
- unchaste
- unclean
- unconventional
- unvirtuous
- vile
- wanton
- wicked
- X-rated
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for unvirtuous
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