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View usage for: (ʌnhoʊlsəm) 1. adjectiveUnwholesome food or drink is not healthy or good for you. The fish were unwholesome and old. 2. adjectiveIf you describe someone's feelings or behaviour as unwholesome, you are critical of them because they are unpleasant or unnatural. [disapproval] My desire to be rich was an insane, unwholesome, oppressive desire. Synonyms: wicked, bad, evil, corrupting More Synonyms of unwholesome More Synonyms of unwholesome unwholesome in British English (ʌnˈhəʊlsəm) adjective1. detrimental to physical or mental health an unwholesome climate 2. morally harmful or depraved unwholesome practices 3. indicative of illness, esp in appearance 4. (esp of food) of inferior quality Derived forms unwholesomely (unˈwholesomely) adverb unwholesomeness (unˈwholesomeness) noun unwholesome in American English (ʌnˈhoʊlsəm) adjective not wholesome ; specif.,a. harmful to body or mind; unhealthful b. having unsound health or an unhealthy appearance c. morally harmful or corrupt Derived forms unwholesomely (unˈwholesomely) adverb unwholesomeness (unˈwholesomeness) noun Examples of 'unwholesome' in a sentenceunwholesome Definition harmful to the body or mind a chemically reactive ecologically unwholesome substance Synonyms junk (informal) tainted poisonous insalubrious unnourishing Opposites healthy , beneficial , wholesome , sanitary , hygienic , salubrious , germ-free Definition morally harmful My desire to be rich was an unwholesome desire. Synonyms corrupting perverting degrading depraving demoralizing maleficent Opposites Definition unhealthy-looking Additional synonymsDefinition pale and sickly-looking Losing a lot of blood makes you tired and anaemic. Synonyms pale, weak, dull, frail, feeble, wan, sickly, bloodless, colourless, infirm, pallid, ashen, characterless, enervated, like death warmed up (informal) Definition evil or immoral I felt that I was a selfish, ungrateful, and generally bad person. Synonyms wicked, criminal, evil, corrupt, worthless, base, vile, immoral, delinquent, sinful, depraved, debased, amoral, egregious, villainous, unprincipled, iniquitous, nefarious, dissolute, maleficent Definition harmful or injurious Fear of crime is having a deleterious effect on society. Synonyms harmful, bad, damaging, destructive, detrimental, hurtful, pernicious (formal), ruinous, prejudicial, injuriousNearby words ofunwholesome - unwavering
- unwelcome
- unwell
- unwholesome
- unwieldy
- unwilling
- unwillingness
Additional synonymsDefinition (of an act, idea, etc.) causing great harm and misery the country's most evil criminals Synonyms wicked, bad, wrong, corrupt, vicious, vile, malicious, base, immoral, malignant, sinful, unholy, malevolent, heinous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, iniquitous, reprobate, maleficent Definition sexually depraved or promiscuous It is immoral to persist with a system that impoverishes so many people. Synonyms wicked, bad, wrong, abandoned, evil, corrupt, vicious, obscene, indecent, vile, degenerate, dishonest, sinful, unethical, lewd, depraved, impure, debauched, unprincipled, nefarious, dissolute, iniquitous, reprobateSynonyms unhealthy, noxious, injurious, unwholesome, insanitary, unhealthful Definition dirty or unhealthy The prison remains disgracefully crowded and insanitary. Synonyms unhealthy, contaminated, polluted, dirtied, dirty, infected, filthy, infested, noxious, unclean, impure, unhygienic, disease-ridden, insalubrious, skanky (slang), feculent, festy (Australian, slang) Definition poisonous or harmful carbon monoxide and other noxious gases Synonyms harmful, deadly, poisonous, toxic, unhealthy, hurtful, pernicious (formal), injurious, unwholesome, noisome, pestilential, insalubrious, foul, baneful (archaic), detrimentalDefinition (of a complexion) having a whitish appearance, usually because of illness, shock, or fear She looked pale and tired. Synonyms white, pasty, bleached, washed-out, wan, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, ashy, like death warmed up (informal) Definition lacking colour, brightness, or vigour His thin, pallid face broke into a smile. Synonyms pale, wan, pasty, colourless, anaemic, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, ashy, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced Definition (of the complexion) pale and unhealthy-looking My complexion remained pale and pasty. Synonyms pale, unhealthy, wan, sickly, pallid, anaemic, sallow, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced Definition likely to cause illness or poor health the unhealthy environment of a coal mine Synonyms harmful, detrimental, unwholesome, noxious, toxic, deleterious (formal), insanitary, noisome, insalubriousDefinition very pale, as a result of illness or unhappiness He looked wan and tired. Synonyms pale, white, washed out, pasty, faded, bleached, ghastly, sickly, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, discoloured, ashen, sallow, whitish, cadaverous, waxen, like death warmed up (informal), wheyfaced |