UNCHASTENESS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

unchasteness

noun

as in impurity

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Noun

The formula draws upon plant extracts like cypress leaf and skullcap to reduce oil production, while willow bark extract and lactic acid clear out impurities, giving the appearance of visibly smaller pores.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
For Bk-249, the scientists added an extra column separation step to capture the isotope while impurities pass through.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of impurity

Noun

On their wedding day, Claudio repudiates and humiliates Hero at the altar, accusing her of unchastity (the highest of crimes) and unfaithfulness.

— Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
Traditionally, an allegation of a woman’s unchastity constitutes libel per se.

— Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 27 May 2021

Definition of unchastity

Noun

But while critics deemed the character overly simplistic and an ultimately unbelievable representation of evil (Cathy is an allegory for the serpent in the garden of Eden, after all), Pugh and Kazan, however, took a very different approach.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Basically, what Thiel’s doing in his Antichrist speeches is portraying our current predicament as an existential battle between good and evil.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of evil

Noun

But soon after, in Genesis 18, God tells Abraham of plans to investigate reports of sinfulness in Sodom and Gomorrah.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
Denver author Josiah Hesse was raised by Evangelical parents in churches that believe in the torments of hell, that their poverty is due to their sinfulness and lack of faith.

— Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026

Definition of sinfulness

Noun

On one side, a satanic figure named Randall Flagg who gathers his forces of badness to Las Vegas; on the other, the good guys, led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail in, of all places, Boulder.

— Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
The show premiered over Thanksgiving weekend, when people were tired and full and bored (and probably also horny), and countered our world’s unceasing badness with its world’s buoyant sweetness.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of badness

Noun

Cathy’s treatment of Adam isn’t rooted in innate wickedness, as in Steinbeck’s novel, but personal experience.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
Hartnett brings none of the wickedness that made his performance in Trap so much fun, just coming across as flat onscreen even as his character has to navigate some wild turns.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of wickedness

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