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unwholesome

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unwholesome

1 bad for the well-being of the body

health inspectors shut down several food stands that were using tainted and unwholesome meat

Synonyms of unwholesome

insalubrious, noisome, noxious, sickly, unhealthful, unhealthy

Words Related to unwholesome

germy, insanitary, unhygienic, unsanitary

poisonous, toxic

fatal, lethal, mortal

Near Antonyms of unwholesome

hygienic, sanitary

Antonyms of unwholesome

healthful, healthy

2 having or showing lowered moral character or standards

despite having been raised in such unwholesome environments as a brothel and a traveling circus, singer Edith Piaf rose to international stardom

Synonyms of unwholesome

corrupt, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, warped

Words Related to unwholesome

bent [chiefly British], crooked, cutthroat, dishonest, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous

contaminated, spoiled, tainted

bad, evil, immoral, iniquitous, miscreant, nefarious, sinful, vicious, wicked

Near Antonyms of unwholesome

ethical, honest, principled

good, moral, righteous, virtuous

Antonyms of unwholesome

pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted

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