virginal

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adjective

Definition of VIRGINAL

1

being in an original and unused or unspoiled state <one of the state's few remaining tracts of virginal prairie>

Synonyms brand-new, mint, pristine, span-new, virgin, virginal

Related Words unaltered, unblemished, unbruised, uncontaminated, undamaged, undefiled, unharmed, unhurt, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, unpolluted, unsoiled, unspoiled, unsullied, untainted, untouched, unworn; new, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span)

Near Antonyms blemished, broken, bruised, damaged, defaced, defiled, disfigured, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, marred, soiled, sullied, tainted; faded, shopworn, used, well-worn, worn; contaminated, polluted, spoiled; hand-me-down, second hand

Antonyms stale

2

never having had sexual relations <a virginal girl who would not permit any liberties to be taken with her body>

Synonyms maiden, virginal

Related Words chaste, modest, pure, vestal; innocent, untouched; abstinent, celibate, continent; unmarried, unwed

Antonyms deflowered

3

free from any trace of the coarse or indecent <the romance between the young boy and girl is portrayed with virginal innocence that is touching in this day and age>

Synonyms clean, decent, G-rated, immaculate, modest, pure, vestal, virgin, virginal

Related Words lily-white, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled, unsoiled, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished; decorous, proper, seemly; cultivated, refined, tasteful; harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive

Near Antonyms blemished, defiled, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished; improper, indecorous, indelicate, ribald, unseemly; crude, tacky, tasteless, unrefined

Antonyms coarse, dirty, filthy, immodest, impure, indecent, obscene, smutty, unchaste, unclean, vulgar