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Synonyms for unclean

Most common

dirty soiled filthy nasty

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Dirty, soiled or foul.

Related words

Word family
uncleanly uncleanness
Is a kind of
impure

Example sentences

  • nasty The child had a nasty cough because he had a cold.
  • filthy Every seat was so filthy, I stood the whole way.
  • soiled If the napkin is dirty or soiled, please don't reuse it.
  • squalid The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
uncleanrising
nastyrising
filthyrising
soiledsteady
squalidsteady
unsweptfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
foul1, vile1, tref
5 letters
black1, dirty2, nasty2, muddy2, lousy2, mucky2
6 letters
filthy2, soiled1, sordid2, impure2, grubby2, smutty2
7 letters
raunchy2, squalid2, defiled, sullied2, unswept
8 letters
wretched2, polluted3, unwashed2, maculate
9 letters
uncleanly, nonkosher

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dirty2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
impur
Italiano
impuro
Deutsch
unrein