unwholesome
Syllables: un·whole·some/ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/US/ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/
unwholesome adjective: not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
Adjective
unwholesome (comparative more unwholesome, superlative most unwholesome)
- 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...
- 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.
unwholesome meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unwholesome in Tamil
- உடல்நலத்திற்கு ஒவ்வாத
unwholesome in Urdu
- اجیرن
unwholesome in Malayalam
- noxious, unhealthy, poisonous
- സുഖാവഹമല്ലാത്ത, സുഖകരമല്ലാത്ത, ശരീരത്തിനു പറ്റാത്ത, അഹിതകര, ദോഷകര, വ്യാഥിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന
- immoral, improper, indecent
- അധാർമ്മികമായ, മ്ലേച്ഛമായ, തലതിരിഞ്ഞ, ആചാരദൂഷക, നല്ലല്ലാത്ത, ദോഷകരമായി കാണപ്പെടുന്ന
unwholesome in Kannada
- ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯಕರ, ಅಹಿತಕರ, ನಷ್ಟ ತರುವ, ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ
Antonyms of unwholesome
Forms of unwholesome
| comparative | more unwholesome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unwholesome |
Origin of unwholesome
From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Words formed from unwholesome
Words that rhyme with unwholesome
Questions about unwholesome
- What does unwholesome mean?
- Unwholesome means not wholesome; unfavorable to health; unhealthful.
- What is unwholesome in Tamil?
- Unwholesome in Tamil is உடல்நலத்திற்கு ஒவ்வாத. See Unwholesome meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is unwholesome?
- Unwholesome is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unwholesome?
- Unwholesome is pronounced /ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/ (US).
Words near unwholesome in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unwholesome (page history and authors); unwholesome (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwholesome (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unwholesome (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unwholesome (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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