When a man reproached him for going into unclean places, he said, "The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them."
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Unclean
//ʌnˈkliːn//
Synonyms for "unclean" (177 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (88)
noisomenotoriousobnoxiousobsceneodiousof easy virtueoffensiveoutrageouspeccablepitiablepitifulpollutedpornographicpostlapsarianprodigalprofanerabelaisianrankraunchyrecidivist
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recidivisticregrettablereprehensiblerepulsiveribaldritually uncleanrottensadsalaciousscandalousschlockscurrilescurrilousscurvyshabbyshamefulshockingshoddysmirchedsmoking-roomsmuttysoiledsoilysordidsqualidsulliedsultrytaintedterribletoo badtrefunangelicunbathedunchasteuncleanlyungodlyungoodunprintableunpureunrepeatableunrighteousunsaintlyunscouredunscrubbedunsweptuntouchableunvirginalunvirtuousunwashedunwipedvilevillainousvirtuelesswantonwaywardweakwoefulworstworthlesswretched
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1 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
Translations
78 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κοινός adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
- ἀκάθαρτος adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- ἀκάθαρτος adj (not moral or chaste)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мръсен adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- неморален adj (not moral or chaste)
- нечестив adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Catalan
2 entries- brut adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- impur adj (not moral or chaste)
Danish
1 entries- urenlig adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Dutch
3 entries- onrein adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- onrein adj (not moral or chaste)
- onrein adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Estonian
3 entries- must adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- räpane adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- räpane adj (not moral or chaste)
Finnish
4 entries- epäpuhdas adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- epäpuhdas adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
- likainen adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- likainen adj (not moral or chaste)
French
2 entries- impur adj (not moral or chaste)
- impur adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
German
3 entries- gemein adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
- unrein adj (not moral or chaste)
- unrein adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌼𐌼𐍃 adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Hebrew
1 entries- טָמֵא adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Hungarian
1 entries- tisztátalan adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Irish
1 entries- neamhghlan adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Latin
1 entries- impūrus adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Latvian
3 entries- netīrs adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- neķītrs adj (not moral or chaste)
- nešķīsts adj (not moral or chaste)
Manx
1 entries- neuglen adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Maore Comorian
2 entries- a ntsama adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
- a peu adj (not moral or chaste)
Māori
4 entries- maniheko adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- paru adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- paruparu adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- poke adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ureinslig adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- urenslig adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- ureinsleg adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- مردار adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- پیس adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Pashto
3 entries- خيرن adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- سخا adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- سخا adj (not moral or chaste)
Plautdietsch
3 entries- orrein adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- orrein adj (not moral or chaste)
- orrein adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Polish
3 entries- nieczysty adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- nieczysty adj (not moral or chaste)
- nieczysty adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Portuguese
2 entries- impuro adj (not moral or chaste)
- sujo adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- havahava adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Romanian
3 entries- imoral adj (not moral or chaste)
- murdar adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- necurat adj (not moral or chaste)
Russian
4 entries- амора́льный adj (not moral or chaste)
- гря́зный adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- гря́зный adj (not moral or chaste)
- непристо́йный adj (not moral or chaste)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nèčist adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- pȑljav adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- нѐчист adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- пр̏љав adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Sundanese
1 entries- lolo adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
Swahili
2 entries- chafu adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
- najisi adj (ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit)
Swedish
4 entries- oren adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- oren adj (not moral or chaste)
- smutsig adj (dirty, soiled or foul)
- snuskig adj (not moral or chaste)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
We exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect.
Source: tatoeba (1444724)
The roads are unclean.
Source: tatoeba (2651409)
And of beasts clean and unclean, and of fowls, and of every thing that moveth upon the earth, two and two went in to Noah into the ark, male and female, as the Lord had commanded Noah.
Source: tatoeba (7952842)
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