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virtuous |
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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