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" (204 found)
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Closest matches (41)
abominableadamicarrantatrociousawfulbackslidingbasebawdybeastlybeneath contemptbesmirchedblackblameworthybluebrutalcarnalcommoncontaminatedcontemptiblecorrupted
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Noun(1 words)
dirt covered
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (61)
Adjective(13 words)
Related words (102)
muddymurkynastynefariousnoisomenonkoshernotoriousobnoxiousobsceneodiousof easy virtueoffensiveoutrageouspeccablepitiablepitifulpollutedpornographicpostlapsarianprodigal
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profanerabelaisianrankraunchyrecidivistrecidivisticregrettablereprehensiblerepulsiveribaldritually uncleanrottensadsalaciousscandalousschlockscurrilescurrilousscurvyshabbyshamefulshockingshoddysmirchedsmoking-roomsmuttysoiledsoilysordidsqualidsulliedsultrytaintedterribletoo badtrefunangelicunbathedunchasteuncleanlyungodlyungoodunprintableunpureunrepeatableunrighteousunsaintlyunscouredunscrubbedunsweptunvirginalunvirtuousunwashedunwipedvilevillainousvirtuelesswantonwaywardweakwoefulworstworthlesswretched
Adjective(9 words)
piggiestritual outcastsacral outcastsoiled objectsoiled substanceunclean personunethicalunhygienicunsanitary
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13 entriesCollocations
11 entriesceremonial uncleannessstate of uncleannessthe uncleanunclean conditionsunclean dataunclean environmentunclean handsunclean objectunclean personunclean samplesunclean surfaces
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
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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.
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The roads are unclean.
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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.
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