Grep  of  noun  virtuous 
  virtuousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  virtuous 
 
  The  adj  virtuous  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  good,  just  upright,  virtuous  --  (of  moral  excellence;  "a  genuinely  good  person";  "a  just  cause";  "an  upright  and  respectable  man";  "the  life  of  the  nation  is  secure  only  while  the  nation  is  honest,  truthful,  and  virtuous"-  Frederick  Douglass) 
  2.  virtuous  --  (morally  excellent) 
  3.  virtuous  --  (behaving  according  to  standards  of  what  is  right  or  just  "led  a  virtuous  (or  moral)  life") 
  4.  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous  --  (in  a  state  of  sexual  virginity;  "pure  and  vestal  modesty";  "a  spinster  or  virgin  lady";  "men  have  decreed  that  their  women  must  be  pure  and  virginal") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  virtuous 
 
  4  senses  of  virtuous 
 
  Sense  1 
  good,  just  upright,  virtuous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  righteous)  ->  unrighteous 
 
  Sense  2 
  virtuous  (vs.  wicked) 
 
  wicked  (vs.  virtuous) 
  =>  depraved,  evil,  vicious 
  =>  iniquitous,  sinful,  ungodly 
  =>  irreclaimable,  irredeemable,  unredeemable,  unreformable 
  =>  nefarious,  villainous 
  =>  peccable,  peccant 
  =>  heavy 
 
  Sense  3 
  virtuous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  moral,  amoral)  ->  immoral 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  moral,  immoral)  ->  amoral,  unmoral 
 
  Sense  4 
  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  chaste)  ->  unchaste 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  virtuous 
 
  4  senses  of  virtuous 
 
  Sense  1 
  good,  just  upright,  virtuous 
  =>  righteous  (vs.  unrighteous) 
 
  Sense  2 
  virtuous  (vs.  wicked) 
  =>  impeccable 
  =>  impeccant,  innocent,  sinless 
  Also  See->  chaste#1;  good#3;  moral#2;  pious#1;  righteous#1 
 
  Sense  3 
  virtuous 
  =>  moral  (vs.  immoral)  (vs.  amoral) 
 
  Sense  4 
  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous 
  =>  chaste  (vs.  unchaste) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  virtuous 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  virtuous 
 
  virtuous  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  virtuous 
  virtuous 
 
  Overview  of  adj  virtuous 
 
  The  adj  virtuous  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  good,  just  upright,  virtuous  --  (of  moral  excellence;  "a  genuinely  good  person";  "a  just  cause";  "an  upright  and  respectable  man";  "the  life  of  the  nation  is  secure  only  while  the  nation  is  honest,  truthful,  and  virtuous"-  Frederick  Douglass) 
  2.  virtuous  --  (morally  excellent) 
  3.  virtuous  --  (behaving  according  to  standards  of  what  is  right  or  just  "led  a  virtuous  (or  moral)  life") 
  4.  pure,  vestal,  virgin,  virginal,  virtuous  --  (in  a  state  of  sexual  virginity;  "pure  and  vestal  modesty";  "a  spinster  or  virgin  lady";  "men  have  decreed  that  their  women  must  be  pure  and  virginal") 

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