'Unclean' definitions:
Definition of 'unclean'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty, soiled, unclean] [ant: clean]
adjective
Definition of 'Unclean'
From: GCIDE
- Unclean \Un*clean"\ ([u^]n*kl[=e]n"), a. [AS. uncl[=ae]ne. See Unnot, and Clean.]
- 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster]
- He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. --Num. xix. 11. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Morally impure. "Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections." --Perkins. [1913 Webster] -- {Un*clean"ly}, adv. -- {Un*clean"ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
- Unclean animals (Script.), those which the Israelites were forbidden to use for food.
- Unclean spirit (Script.), a wicked spirit; a demon. --Mark i. 27. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'unclean'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abominable,
- Adamic,
- arrant,
- atrocious,
- awful,
- backsliding,
- base,
- bawdy,
- beastly,
- beneath contempt,
- besmirched,
- black,
- blameworthy,
- blue,
- brutal,
- carnal,
- common,
- contaminated,
- contemptible,
- corrupted,
- defiled,
- deplorable,
- despicable,
- detestable,
- dire,
- dirty,
- disgusting,
- dreadful,
- egregious,
- enormous,
- erring,
- fallen,
- Fescennine,
- fetid,
- filthy,
- flagrant,
- fleshly,
- foul,
- foul-mouthed,
- foul-spoken,
- foul-tongued,
- frail,
- fulsome,
- grievous,
- gross,
- grubby,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- immoral,
- impure,
- indecent,
- infamous,
- infected,
- infirm,
- ithyphallic,
- lamentable,
- lapsed,
- lewd,
- loathsome,
- lousy,
- lurid,
- maculate,
- monstrous,
- nasty,
- nefarious,
- noisome,
- nonkosher,
- notorious,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- of easy virtue,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- peccable,
- pitiable,
- pitiful,
- polluted,
- pornographic,
- postlapsarian,
- prodigal,
- Rabelaisian,
- rank,
- raunchy,
- recidivist,
- recidivistic,
- regrettable,
- reprehensible,
- repulsive,
- ribald,
- ritually unclean,
- rotten,
- sad,
- salacious,
- scandalous,
- schlock,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- scurvy,
- shabby,
- shameful,
- shocking,
- shoddy,
- smirched,
- smoking-room,
- smutty,
- soiled,
- soily,
- sordid,
- squalid,
- sullied,
- sultry,
- tainted,
- terrible,
- too bad,
- tref,
- unangelic,
- unbathed,
- unchaste,
- uncleanly,
- ungodly,
- ungood,
- unprintable,
- unpure,
- unrepeatable,
- unrighteous,
- unsaintly,
- unscoured,
- unscrubbed,
- unswept,
- unvirginal,
- unvirtuous,
- unwashed,
- unwiped,
- vile,
- villainous,
- virtueless,
- wanton,
- wayward,
- weak,
- woeful,
- worst,
- worthless,
- wretched