What is another word for leprous?

Pronunciation: [lˈɛpɹəs] (IPA)

Leprous is an adjective that refers to something that is diseased, usually referring to Hansen's disease or leprosy. Leprous can also be used to describe something that is tainted or contaminated. Some synonyms for leprous include infectious, contaminated, contaminated, diseased, unclean, infected, rotten, decayed, spoiled, and corrupted. Words such as filthy, sullied, and tainted can also be used to describe something that is leprous. In literature, the term is often used metaphorically to describe a moral or social decay, corruption, or dishonor. When writing, using diverse synonyms of leprous can help add depth and variety to one's expressiveness.

Usage examples for Leprous

As we cut the shimmering waters, I felt, as it were, the wierd, unseen presence of those who had died there-died horribly-men whose bodies had withered, with slow suffering, in frigid blasts and famine, who possibly had prolonged their suffering by feeding upon their own doomed companions-and of others who had perished swiftly in the sudden yawning of the leprous white mouth of the hungry frozen sea.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
These are growing witnesses of Peary's leprous character.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The spirit of that evil lurked about the banks of the Yser Canal with its long fringe of blasted trees, white and livid, with a leprous look when the sunlight touched their stumps.
"From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917"
Philip Gibbs

Famous quotes with Leprous

  • That particular sense of sacred rapture men say they experience in contemplating nature- I've never received it from nature, only from. Buildings, Skyscrapers. I would give the greatest sunset in the world for one sight of New York's skyline. The shapes and the thought that made them. The sky over New York and the will of man made visible. What other religion do we need? And then people tell me about pilgrimages to some dank pest-hole in a jungle where they go to do homage to a crumbling temple, to a leering stone monster with a pot belly, created by some leprous savage. Is it beauty and genius they want to see? Do they seek a sense of the sublime? Let them come to New York, stand on the shore of the Hudson, look and kneel. When I see the city from my window - no, I don't feel how small I am - but I feel that if a war came to threaten this, I would like to throw myself into space, over the city, and protect these buildings with my body.
    Ayn Rand
  • The Poet could not remember ever fearing death, but he had often suspected Providence of plotting the worst for him as to the manner of his dying when the time came to go. He had expected to rot away. Slowly and not very fragrantly. Some poetic insight had warned him that he would surely die a blubbering leprous lump, cravenly penitential but impenitent. Never had he anticipated anything so blunt and final as a bullet in the stomach, and with not even an audience at hand to hear his dying quips. The last thing they had heard him say when they shot him was: "Oof!" — his testament for posterity. Ooof!
    Walter M. Miller

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