unclean
Collocations
4ADJ.
considered, due, satanic
VERB + UNCLEAN
air, call, condemend, exorcise, going, like
UNCLEAN + NOUN
food, pot, spirit, water
PREP.
into, upon
Definitions
adj
Dirty, soiled or foul.
They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.
Not moral or chaste.
I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.
Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.
WiktionaryI stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.
WiktionaryWhen a man reproached him for going into unclean places, he said, "The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them."
Tatoeba · #907438We exorcise you, every unclean spirit, every satanic power, every incursion of the infernal adversary, every legion, every congregation and diabolical sect.
Tatoeba · #1444724The roads are unclean.
Tatoeba · #2651409According to Islamic principles, pigs are considered unclean.
Tatoeba · #8103679