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chaste
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- pronunciation:
- cheIst
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
chaster, chastest |
| definition 1: |
not having committed fornication or adultery.
The youth of this religion have to remain chaste, or the consequences could be severe.- synonyms:
- pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous
- antonyms:
- adulterous, loose, promiscuous, unchaste
- similar words:
- celibate, continent
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| definition 2: |
morally pure; without obscenity.
As a priest, he endeavored to banish any thoughts from his mind that were not chaste.- synonyms:
- decent, innocent, pure, virtuous
- antonyms:
- impure, lewd, loose, unchaste
- similar words:
- clean, decorous, immaculate, impeccable, modest, moral, pristine, saintly, seemly, sinless, unblemished, uncorrupt, unsullied, wholesome
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| definition 3: |
simple or refined in style; not ornate.
She has a chaste writing style.- synonyms:
- plain, simple, unadorned
- antonyms:
- ornate, ostentatious
- similar words:
- austere, direct, modest, straightforward, unaffected, unpretentious
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| related words: |
better, maiden, virgin |
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| derivations: |
chastely (adv.), chasteness (n.) |
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