unclean
adj/ʌnˈkliːn/
Etymology From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.
1
Dirty, soiled or foul.
- They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194:
2
Not moral or chaste.
- I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.1905, Charles H. Gabriel, “My Savior's Love”, in E.O. Excell, editor, Praises, Chicago: E.O. Excell:
3
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
- Synonyms
- befouled, besmirched, clarty, cruddy, dirtsome, dirty, foul, grotty, grubby, horry, icky, lousy, manky, nasty, seamy, soiled, sordid, squalid, sullied, unclean, unwashed, yucky
- Antonyms
- clean
- Derived terms
- unclean hands, uncleanly, uncleanness
- Related terms
- corrupt, defiled, despicable
- Hypernyms
- impure
- Hyponyms
28 terms
begrimed, contaminated, crappy, dusty, feculent, filthy, greasy, grimy, gungy, lutose, mucky, muddy, polluted, poopy, scummy, shitstained, shitty, slimy, smutty, sooty, dirty-handed, unpurified, unscoured, unstrained, unswept, unwiped, discolored, unkempt