What is another word for uncleanliness?

Pronunciation: [ʌnklˈɛnlɪnəs] (IPA)

The word uncleanliness refers to a state of being dirty or not clean. It is a term often used to describe untidy and unsanitary conditions that pose a risk to health and hygiene. Some synonyms for uncleanliness include dirt, grime, filth, squalor, and contamination. These words convey the sense of an unkempt and unsanitary environment, and they may be used to describe anything from a messy room to a littered park. Other synonyms may include impurity, pollution, and uncleanness, all of which suggest unhygienic and unclean conditions that may be hazardous to health. Choosing the right synonym depends on the context and tone of the writing.

Synonyms for Uncleanliness:

What are the hypernyms for Uncleanliness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Uncleanliness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.
  • hyponyms for uncleanliness (as nouns)

What are the opposite words for uncleanliness?

The term 'uncleanliness' refers to the state of being dirty, unhygienic or unsanitary. Some antonyms of this word can be cleanliness, purity, hygiene, freshness, and sterility. Being clean and maintaining hygiene is crucial for everyone's health and well-being. Cleanliness ensures the prevention of diseases, and it is essential to maintain hygiene in our homes, surroundings, and workplaces. Regular cleaning and disinfecting surfaces can help prevent the spread of germs and bacteria. 'Purity' and 'freshness' imply freedom from any contamination or impurities, while 'sterility' refers to the condition of being free from microorganisms. Using antonyms for the word 'uncleanliness' helps to emphasize the importance of cleanliness and hygiene.

What are the antonyms for Uncleanliness?

Usage examples for Uncleanliness

uncleanliness becomes noticeable to our neighbors sooner or later.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
Decay always means, therefore, uncleanliness.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
She thinks uncleanliness necessary to the producing of beauty perhaps!
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens

Famous quotes with Uncleanliness

  • I would have to say loneliness is next to uncleanliness.
    Janeane Garofalo
  • The relation between physical sanitary laws and the national welfare is now hardly disputed. At this moment the cholera is stealthily feeling its terrible way along the edges of Europe to this country, and there is not an intelligent man who does not know that it is a divine vengeance upon uncleanliness. Let it seize the unclean city of New York, and it will riot in horror and devastation. Panic will empty the palaces, trade will stop in the warehouses. Those who can will flee, while the poor and wretched, poisoned in tenement-houses, will be huddled in heaps of agony and death. Does any man say that cholera is God's remedy for overpopulation? On the contrary, it is only the ghastly proof that God's laws of human health are disregarded. It is not a proclamation that the world is over-peopled; it is merely a warning for the world to provide decently for its population. God does not create men in his image to rot in tenement-houses, and he will make squalor and filth and misery plague-spots threatening the fairest prosperity, until that prosperity acknowledges in vast sanitary reforms that cleanliness is next to godliness. And if the dread pestilence now approaching our shores would frighten us into universal purgation of our foul cities, it would be seen at this moment hovering in the wintry air, not an angry demon, but a stem angel with a sword of fire to open the path of knowledge and humanity and civilization.
    George William Curtis

Related words: filthy, dirty, unclean, grubby, unhygienic, unsanitary, not clean

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