uncleanness
Roget-categorie 653
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.2. Subservience to ends
#653.
Uncleanness
zelfstandig naamwoord
uncleanness
etc.
adj. —
impurity —
immundity†,
immundicity† —
impurity
etc.
961
[of mind].
defilement,
contamination
etc.
v. —
defoedation† —
soilure†,
soiliness† —
abomination —
leaven —
taint,
tainture† —
fetor
etc.
401†.
decay —
putrescence,
putrefaction —
corruption —
mold,
must,
mildew,
dry rot,
mucor,
rubigo†.
slovenry† —
slovenliness
etc.
adj. —
squalor.
dowdy,
drab,
slut,
malkin†,
slattern,
sloven,
slammerkin†,
slammock†,
slummock†,
scrub,
draggle-tail,
mudlark†,
dust-man,
sweep —
beast.
dirt,
filth,
soil,
slop —
dust,
cobweb,
flue —
smoke,
soot,
smudge,
smut,
grit,
grime,
raff† —
sossle†,
sozzle†.
sordes†,
dregs,
grounds,
lees —
argol† —
sediment,
settlement heeltap† —
dross,
drossiness† —
mother†,
precipitate,
scoriae,
ashes,
cinders.
recrement†,
slag —
scum,
froth.
hogwash —
ditchwater†,
dishwater,
bilgewater† —
rinsings,
cheeseparings —
sweepings
etc.
(useless refuse)
645 —
offscourings†,
outscourings† —
off scum —
caput mortuum [Lat.],
residuum,
sprue,
fecula [Lat.],
clinker,
draff† —
scurf,
scurfiness† —
exuviae [Lat.],
morphea —
fur,
furfur† —
dandruff,
tartar.
riffraff —
vermin,
louse,
flea,
bug,
chinch†.
mud,
mire,
quagmire,
alluvium,
silt,
sludge,
slime,
slush,
slosh,
sposh [U.S.].
spawn,
offal,
gurry [U.S.] —
lientery† —
garbage,
carrion —
excreta
etc.
299 —
slough,
peccant humor,
pus,
matter,
suppuration,
lienteria† —
faeces,
feces,
excrement,
ordure,
dung,
crap [Vulg.],
shit [Vulg.] —
sewage,
sewerage —
muck —
coprolite —
guano,
manure,
compost.
dunghill,
colluvies†,
mixen†,
midden,
bog,
laystall†,
sink,
privy,
jakes —
toilet,
john,
head —
cess†,
cesspool —
sump,
sough,
cloaca,
latrines,
drain,
sewer,
common sewer —
Cloacina —
dust hole.
sty,
pigsty,
lair,
den,
Augean stable†,
sink of corruption —
slum,
rookery.
werkwoord
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj. —
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek —
stink
etc.
401 —
mold,
molder —
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj. —
dirt,
dirty —
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear —
smirch —
begrease† —
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle† —
spatter,
slubber —
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul —
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven —
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659 —
cover with dust
etc.
n. —
drabble in the mud† —
roil.
wallow in the mire —
slobber,
slabber†.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
dirty,
filthy,
grimy —
unclean,
impure —
soiled
etc.
v. —
not to be handled with kid gloves —
dusty,
snuffy†,
smutty,
sooty,
smoky —
thick,
turbid,
dreggy —
slimy —
mussy [U.S.].
slovenly,
untidy,
messy,
uncleanly.
[of people]
unkempt,
sluttish,
dowdy,
draggle-tailed —
uncombed.
unscoured†,
unswept†,
unwiped†,
unwashed,
unstrained,
unpurified† —
squalid —
lutose†,
slammocky†,
slummocky†,
sozzly†.
nasty,
coarse,
foul,
offensive,
abominable,
beastly,
reeky,
reechy† —
fetid
etc.
401.
[of rotting living matter]
decayed,
moldy,
musty,
mildewed,
rusty,
moth-eaten,
mucid†,
rancid,
weak,
bad,
gone bad,
etercoral†,
lentiginous†,
touched,
fusty,
effete,
reasty†,
rotten,
corrupt,
tainted,
high,
flyblown,
maggoty —
putrid,
putrefactive,
putrescent,
putrefied —
saprogenic,
saprogenous† —
purulent,
carious,
peccant —
fecal,
feculent —
stercoraceous†,
excrementitious† —
scurfy,
scurvy,
impetiginous† —
gory,
bloody —
rotting
etc.
v. —
rotten as a pear,
rotten as cheese.
crapulous
etc.
(intemperate)
954† —
gross
etc.
(impure in mind)
961 —
fimetarious†,
fimicolous†.
uitdrukking
they that touch pitch will be defiled"
[Much Ado About Nothing].
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