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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 |
adverb + (adj.)chaste
daily, mysteriously, oddly, otherwise, rather, sexually, wholeheartedly
(adj.)chaste
+ noun
affair,
angel,
belly,
berry,
buyer,
chain,
cheek,
contrast,
courtship,
devotion,
embrace,
encounter,
flower,
fob,
forehead,
girl,
goddess,
guru,
hug,
kiss,
lip,
love,
lover,
maid,
marriage,
nun,
ounce,
passion,
peck,
reputation,
romance,
schoolgirl,
style,
therapy,
tincture,
tone,
tree,
uniform,
version,
virgin,
virtue,
visit,
wife,
woman
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| derivations: |
chastely (adv.), chasteness (n.) |
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