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unclean

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unclean

1 having or showing lowered moral character or standards
  • There's something unclean about this whole business.
Synonyms of unclean

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakish, reprobate, sick, unwholesome, warped
Words Related to unclean

crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked
Near Antonyms of unclean

incorruptible

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous
Antonyms of unclean

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted
2 not clean
  • a lackadaisical waiter who tried to set our table with smudged glasses and unclean silverware
Synonyms of unclean

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, black, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, dusty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, muddy, nasty, smudged, smutty, soiled, sordid, stained, sullied, uncleanly
Words Related to unclean

contaminated, defiled, germy, impure, polluted, tainted

insanitary, uncleaned, unsanitary, unsterile, unsterilized, unwashed

greasy, gunky

littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, scruffy, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

raunchy, scuzzy [slang], shabby, sleazy, squalid
Near Antonyms of unclean

clear, limpid, pure

cleaned, cleansed, combed, groomed, neat, ordered, orderly, tidy

bleached, purified, whitened

bright, flawless, perfect, shiny, sparkling, unspotted, untouched

taintless, unblemished, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, virgin, wholesome
Antonyms of unclean

clean, cleanly, immaculate, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, ultraclean, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

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