chaste
Collocations
4ADJ.
cold, great, loving, pious, venerable
VERB + CHASTE
insisted, return
CHASTE + NOUN
breasts, brethren, caresses, himself, maiden's, marriage, wedlock
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
When we consider the great excellence of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, it appears all the more regrettable that particularly in our day we should witness this divine institution often scorned and on every side degraded.
Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open To his vnmaſtred importunity.
Her upbringing had been so chaste that her first experience French kissing ended in a panicked dash to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a home pregnancy test, just in case.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on their palanquins—although one brother was the chief treasurer, and the other a commander of seven thousand men. And most assuredly this is a requirement of modesty; for one whose palanquin or cart is turned out with much splendour, verily the idea comes to the minds of the sight-seers and common people, that in it there must be some lovely one, bright as the morning, the envy of the fairies. Hence, for the cars or palanquins for women to ride in to be greatly embroidered is, in the opinion of certain men of standing, who are worthy to be trusted, of great infamy.
I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town? Your Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case.
Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly
The chaste style of most early modern novels is elegant but intensely boring, particularly for teenagers too inexperienced to effectively read between the lines.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
- unchaste
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6When we consider the great excellence of chaste wedlock, Venerable Brethren, it appears all the more regrettable that particularly in our day we should witness this divine institution often scorned an
WiktionaryTheirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.
WiktionaryTheirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.
WiktionaryOn his return the chaste caresses of his wife amply recompensed the warrior for the fatigues he had undergone and for the danger to which he had been exposed.
Tatoeba · #909072My wife is chaste and pious.
Tatoeba · #1640166Holding the horse's reins with one hand, he caresses the chaste maiden's breasts with the other.
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