unwholesome en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/ (General-American)
- /ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Meanings
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Not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
unwholesome air, or food
Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:Alas! he mastered not his destiny: I have said before, his ashes are in yonder urn. A few unwholesome dews on a summer night were mightier than all his science.
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 17:
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Not sound; tainted; defective.
There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.
2022, Ian McEwan, Lessons, page 184:
- Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unwholesome | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unwholesome | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
unwholesomely · unwholesomeness
Translations (38)
hu kártékony (not wholesome) · fr insalubre (not wholesome) · hu mérges (not wholesome) · fo ósunnur (not wholesome) · ru нездоровый (not wholesome) · bg нездравословен (not wholesome) · eo nesalubra (not wholesome) · hu erkölcstelen (corrupt morally) · hu káros (not wholesome) · hu ártalmas (corrupt morally) · hu veszedelmes (corrupt morally) · it sfavorevole (not wholesome) · hu bomlasztó (corrupt morally) · gv neufollan (not wholesome) · ro insalubru (not wholesome) · sga inanfollán (not wholesome) · hu egészségtelen (not wholesome) · hu kártékony (corrupt morally) · ru вре́дный (not wholesome) · hu mérgező (corrupt morally) · hu romboló (corrupt morally) · ga anfholláin (not wholesome) · it malsano (not wholesome) · gv neuslayntoil (not wholesome) · de ungesund (not wholesome) · sga anḟolláin (not wholesome) · it corrotto (corrupt morally) · ro nociv (not wholesome) · he חולני (not wholesome) · hu ártalmas (not wholesome) · la morbidus (not wholesome) · it insalubre (not wholesome) · fr malsain (not wholesome) · hu romlott (corrupt morally) · ro nesănătos (not wholesome) · hu mérgező (not wholesome) · fr nocif (not wholesome) · de unheilsam (not wholesome)