unclean

  • (a) soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime
    • dirty unswept sidewalks
    • a child in dirty overalls
    • dirty slums
    • piles of dirty dishes
    • put his dirty feet on the clean sheet
    • wore an unclean shirt
    • mining is a dirty job
    • Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves
    dirty, soiled,
  • (a) having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
    • unclean meat
    • "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
    impure,

Synonyms

dirty soiled impure

Antonyms

clean

See also

untidy impure

Words of close approximity

unclear
unclear
uncleanliness uncleanly uncleanness