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Unclean synonyms
ŭn-klēn'
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filthy
Full of filth; disgustingly foul
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  1. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
  2. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
  3. Vile; nasty:
putrescent
Of or relating to putrefaction.
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  1. Of or relating to putrefaction.
  2. Of or connected with putrefaction
  3. Becoming putrid; putrefying; rotting
spotted
Discoloured by spots; stained.
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  1. Discoloured by spots; stained.
  2. (no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
  3. Marked or stained with spots:
bedraggled
Wet and limp; unkempt
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  1. Wet and limp; unkempt
  2. Wet, drenched, or messy:
  3. Being in a condition of deterioration; dilapidated:
nasty
Unpleasant or annoying:
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  1. Unpleasant or annoying:
  2. Very dangerous, troublesome, grievous, etc.
  3. Painful or dangerous; grave:
grimy
Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
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  1. Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
  2. Stained, or covered with grime.
polluted
(Slang) Intoxicated; drunk
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  1. (Slang) Intoxicated; drunk
  2. Contaminated, specif. with harmful chemicals, waste material, etc.
  3. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched.
rank
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
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  1. Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile:
  2. Strong and offensive in odor or flavor:
  3. Absolute; complete:
unhealthful
Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome.
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  1. Causing or conducive to poor health; unwholesome.
impure
Not pure or clean; contaminated.
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  1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.
  2. Immoral or sinful:
  3. Being a composite of more than one color or mixed with black or white.
muddy
Full of or covered with mud.
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  1. Full of or covered with mud.
  2. Lacking luster; dull:
  3. Confused, obscure, vague, etc.
fetid
Having an offensive odor.
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  1. Having an offensive odor.
  2. Having a bad smell, as of decay; putrid
feculent
Filthy; foul
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  1. Filthy; foul
  2. Full of foul or impure matter; fecal.
  3. Containing, or having the nature of, feces
stinking
Having a foul smell; fetid.
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  1. Having a foul smell; fetid.
  2. (Slang) Very bad, unsatisfactory, etc.
  3. Offensive, disgusting, etc.
rotten
Made weak or unsound by rot:
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  1. Made weak or unsound by rot:
  2. Soft or easily broken as because of decomposition; friable
  3. Morally corrupt or despicable:
vile
Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
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  1. Morally depraved; ignoble or wicked:
  2. Highly disagreeable or most inferior; very bad: a generalized term of disapproval
  3. Miserably poor and degrading; wretched:
rancid
Repugnant; nasty:
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  1. Repugnant; nasty:
  2. Having the bad smell or taste of stale fats or oils; spoiled
  3. Having the disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank.
putrid
Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction:
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  1. Proceeding from, relating to, or exhibiting putrefaction:
  2. Causing, showing, or proceeding from decay
  3. Of extremely poor quality; atrocious or contemptible:
moldy
Stale or musty.
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  1. Stale or musty.
  2. Covered or overgrown with mold
  3. Covered with or containing mold:
musty
Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
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  1. Stale or moldy in odor or taste.
  2. Out of use or practice; rusty.
  3. Having a stale, moldy smell or taste, as an unused room, food kept in a damp place, etc.
bleary
Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
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  1. Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
  2. Dim or blurred, as the eyes are from lack of rest or when one first awakens
  3. Watery, filmy, or unable to see clearly:
dusty
Timeworn; stale:
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  1. Timeworn; stale:
  2. Covered with dust; full of dust
  3. Covered or filled with dust.
sooty
Of or producing soot.
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  1. Of or producing soot.
  2. Covered with or as if with soot.
  3. Dark or black like soot
smudgy
Covered with smudges; stained, blurred, etc.
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  1. Covered with smudges; stained, blurred, etc.
scurvy
(Former) scurfy
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  1. (Former) scurfy
  2. Low; mean; vile; contemptible
  3. A disease caused by vitamin C deficiency, characterized by bleeding of the gums, rupture of capillaries under the skin, loose teeth, and generalized weakness.
scurfy
Covered with scurf
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  1. Covered with scurf
clogged
Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
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  1. Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
slimy
Excessively ingratiating; smarmy:
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  1. Excessively ingratiating; smarmy:
  2. Covered with or exuding slime:
  3. Covered with or full of slime
mucky
(Colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
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  1. (Colloquial) Obscene, pornographic.
  2. (Colloquial) Covered in muck.
  3. Of or like muck; esp., dirty, filthy, etc.
murky
Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
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  1. Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
  2. Hard to see through, as a fog or mist.
  3. Not clearly known, understood, or expressed:
smudged
Blurred as by being rubbed.
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  1. Blurred as by being rubbed.
blurred
Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
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  1. Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
flyblown
(Informal) Shabby, dingy, disreputable, etc.
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  1. (Informal) Shabby, dingy, disreputable, etc.
  2. Full of flies' eggs or larvae; maggoty
  3. Contaminated; spoiled; tainted
white (antonym)
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    black
    By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
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    1. By, for, or about black people as a group; specif., in the U.S., by, for, or about black Americans
    2. Being of the color black, producing or reflecting comparatively little light and having no predominant hue.
    3. Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor:
    dirty
    Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
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    1. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
    2. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination:
    3. Lacking luster or brilliance; dull, grayish, etc.
    filthy
    Vile; nasty:
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    1. Vile; nasty:
    2. Full of filth; disgustingly foul
    3. Covered or smeared with filth; disgustingly dirty.
    grimy
    Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
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    1. Covered with or full of grime; very dirty
    2. Covered or smudged with grime.
    grubby
    Dirty; grimy:
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    1. Dirty; grimy:
    2. Contemptible; despicable:
    3. Dirty; messy; untidy
    smutty
    Pornographic or indecent
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    1. Pornographic or indecent
    2. Soiled with smut
    3. Affected with plant smut
    uncleanly
    Unclean.
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    1. Unclean.
    2. Not cleanly; unclean; dirty
    immoral
    Contrary to established moral principles.
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    1. Contrary to established moral principles.
    2. Not moral; inconsistent with rectitude, purity, or good morals; contrary to conscience or the divine law.
    3. Not in conformity with the accepted standards of proper sexual behavior, specif., unchaste or lewd
    impure
    Not pure or clean; contaminated.
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    1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.
    2. Immoral or sinful:
    3. Not pure
    uncleanly
    Unclean.
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    1. Unclean.
    2. Not cleanly; unclean; dirty
    impure
    Not pure or clean; contaminated.
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    1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.
    2. Immoral or sinful:
    3. Not pure
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    • Carmen let loose of his waist, moving away from the unclean thought.

    • He is specially chosen for good character, and Azan must not be recited by any one unclean, by a drunkard, by the insane, or by a woman.

    • It usually involves a man or woman visiting a place that is particularly unclean.

    • An unclean person is universally a slothful one, one who sits by a stove, whom the sun shines on prostrate, who reposes without being fatigued.

    • In the 3rd century this love of mystification reached the pitch of hiding even the gospels from the unclean eyes of pagans.

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