Leprous Synonyms

lĕprəs
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. unclean
  2. infected
  3. diseased

Words Related to Leprous

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sick
  2. scall
  3. syphilitic
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Leprous Sentence Examples

  • They are indeed exceedingly beautiful; and yet the surrounding waste of hills is chiefly a barren repetition of sun-cracked crags and ridges with parched and withered valleys intersecting them, where a trickle of salt water leaves a white and leprous streak amongst the faded tamarisk or the yellow stalks of last season's grass.

  • St James's Palace, at the north side of St James's Park, was acquired and rebuilt by Henry VIII., having been formerly a hospital founded in the 12th century for leprous maidens.

  • In 1907-1908 a home for non-leprous boys of leprous parents was established at Honolulu.

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