Thesaurus:unclean

Thesaurus

unclean

English

Adjective

Sense: covered with or containing physical dirt

Synonyms

• befouled
• besmirched
• clarty (Northern English & Scots dialect)
• cruddy (slang)
• dirtsome
• dirty    [⇒ thesaurus]
• foul
• grotty (UK, slang)
• grubby
• horry
• icky (informal)
• manky (UK, slang)
• nasty
• seamy
• soiled
• sordid
• squalid
• sullied
• unclean
• unwashed
• yucky (informal)

Antonyms

• clean    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• discolored    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unkempt    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• begrimed
• contaminated    [⇒ thesaurus]
• dusty
• feculent
• filthy
• greasy
• grimy
• gungy (UK)
• lutose
• mucky
• muddy
• polluted
• slimy
• smutty
• sooty
•   —
• dirty-handed
• unpurified
• unscoured
• unstrained
• unswept
• unwiped
• unwashed

Hypernyms

• impure    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• corrupt
• defiled

See also

• Thesaurus:despicable

Further reading

• “uncleanness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “unclean” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.