Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unwashed
IPA transcription: [ənw'ɑʃt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: unwashed
    Meaning: not cleaned with or as if with soap and water; "a sink full of unwashed dishes"
  • Synonyms: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
    Meaning: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
Usage examples
  • There was no heat in the hall but the stifling heat of unwashed human bodies.
  • Unkempt and unwashed, his long, black hair hung around a face sallow in the extreme.
  • He does not bathe, he eats with unwashed hands, he drinks nothing but palm wine, and if he has to cross a stream he is careful not to step in the water.