virtuous
Syllables: vir·tu·ousUK/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs//ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/
virtuous adjective: full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Adjective
virtuous (comparative more virtuous, superlative most virtuous)
- Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
- Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
- Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
virtuous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
virtuous in Hindi
- virtuous
- कल्याणक kalyāṇak
- virtuous, pure, good
- नेक nek
- virtuous, honest
- सच्चरित्र saccaritra
- virtuous, pious, righteous
- सालिह sālih
virtuous in Tamil
- கற்புடைய, நல்லொழுக்கமுடைய, மாசற்ற
virtuous in Marathi
- सद्गुणी, सद्गुणवान, पुण्यवान
virtuous in Urdu
- virtuous, pious, righteous
- صالح sālih
- virtuous, pious
- ہیرا hīrā
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- virtuous in Bengali
- নেক nek, ফাজেল fazel
- virtuous in Telugu
- ధర్మచారిణి dharmacāriṇi, సాత్వికము sātvikamu
- virtuous in Malayalam
- ധർമ്മപര, സദാചാരപര, ധർമ്മനിഷ്ഠയുള്ള
- virtuous in Kannada
- ಸಾಧು sādhu
- virtuous in Punjabi
- ਸਦਗੁਣਵਾਨ
- virtuous in Gujarati
- સાધુ sādhu, રૂડું rūṛũ
- virtuous in Odia
- ସଦ୍ଗୁଣବାନ, ସଦ୍ଗୁଣୀ, ସଦ୍ଗୁଣଶାଳୀ
- virtuous in Sanskrit
- गुणज्ञ guṇajña
- virtuous in Nepali
- पुण्यवान, सद्गुणशील
- virtuous in Arabic
- فَاضِل fāḍil
- virtuous in Vietnamese
- có đạo đức, có đức hạnh, tiết hạnh, đoan chính
Examples of virtuous in a sentence
- Social media is only as virtuous as the people using it.
- When you're in your virtuous couch you're not slung out of it.
- I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
Synonyms of virtuous
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Antonyms
Forms of virtuous
| comparative | more virtuous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most virtuous |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vertuous |
| alternative form (obsolete) | vertuus |
| alternative form (obsolete) | virtuose |
Origin of virtuous
From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. By surface analysis, virtue + -ous. Doublet of virtuoso and piecewise doublet of virtùous.
Words formed from virtuous
Phrases with virtuous
Questions about virtuous
- What does virtuous mean?
- Virtuous means full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
- What is virtuous in Hindi?
- Virtuous in Hindi is कल्याणक (kalyāṇak), सदाचारी (sadācārī), नेक (nek). See Virtuous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is virtuous?
- Virtuous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce virtuous?
- Virtuous is pronounced /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/ (UK).
Words near virtuous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: virtuous (page history and authors); कल्याणक (Hindi) (page history and authors); virtuous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); virtuous (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); صالح (Urdu) (page history and authors); ధర్మచారిణి (Telugu) (page history and authors); virtuous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಸಾಧು (Kannada) (page history and authors); virtuous (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); રૂડું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); virtuous (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); virtuous (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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