English Dictionary

UNCHASTE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unchaste mean? 

UNCHASTE (adjective)
  The adjective UNCHASTE has 1 sense:

1. not chasteplay

  Familiarity information: UNCHASTE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNCHASTE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not chaste

Context example:

unchaste conduct

Similar:

cyprian (resembling the ancient orgiastic worship of Aphrodite on Cyprus)

easy; light; loose; promiscuous; sluttish; wanton (casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior)

fallen (having lost your chastity)

licentious (lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained)

Also:

immoral (deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong)

impure ((used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene)

Attribute:

chastity; sexual morality; virtue (morality with respect to sexual relations)

Antonym:

chaste (morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse))


 Context examples 


Bertha Mason, the true daughter of an infamous mother, dragged me through all the hideous and degrading agonies which must attend a man bound to a wife at once intemperate and unchaste.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"It takes two to make a quarrel." (English proverb)

"Good remains are nice to have." (Breton proverb)

"The greatest poorness is the lack of brains." (Arabic proverb)

"God's mills mill slowly, but surely." (Czech proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact