Antonyms of adj unclean

2 senses of unclean

Sense 1
dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves")


Sense 2
unclean (vs. clean), impure -- (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3)

clean (vs. unclean) -- (ritually clean or pure)
        => halal -- (conforming to dietary laws; "halal meat"; "a halal kitchen")
        => kosher, cosher -- (conforming to dietary laws; "kosher meat"; "a kosher kitchen")

Similarity of adj unclean

2 senses of unclean

Sense 1
dirty (vs. clean), soiled, unclean -- (soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves")
       => Augean -- (extremely filthy from long neglect)
       => bedraggled, draggled -- (limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud; "the beggar's bedraggled clothes"; "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts")
       => befouled, fouled -- (made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot")
       => begrimed, dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy -- (thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen")
       => black, smutty -- (soiled with dirt or soot; "with feet black from playing outdoors"; "his shirt was black within an hour")
       => buggy -- (infested with bugs)
       => cobwebby -- (covered with cobwebs)
       => dirty-faced -- (having a dirty face; "a crowd of dirty-faced ragamuffins surrounded him")
       => feculent -- (foul with waste matter)
       => filthy, foul, nasty -- (disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room")
       => flyblown, squalid, sordid -- (foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns")
       => greasy, oily -- (smeared or soiled with grease or oil; "greasy coveralls"; "get rid of rubbish and oily rags")
       => lousy -- (infested with lice; "burned their lousy clothes")
       => maculate -- (spotted or blotched)
       => mucky, muddy -- (dirty and messy; covered with mud or muck; "muddy boots"; "a mucky stable")
       => ratty -- (dirty and infested with rats)
       => scummy -- (covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond")
       => smudgy -- (smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes"; "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry Roth; "ink-smudged fingers")
       => snotty, snot-nosed -- (dirty with nasal discharge; "a snotty nose"; "a house full of snot-nosed kids")
       => sooty -- (covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney")
       => travel-soiled, travel-stained -- (soiled from travel; "travel-soiled clothes")
       => uncleanly -- (habitually unclean)
       => unswept -- (not having been swept; "unswept floors")
       => unwashed -- (not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes")
          Also See-> untidy#1

Sense 2
unclean (vs. clean), impure -- (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3)
       => nonkosher, tref, terefah -- (not conforming to dietary laws)
       => untouchable -- (( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling)
          Also See-> impure#1