unchaste

American  

[uhn-cheyst] / ʌnˈtʃeɪst /

adjective

1. not chaste; not virtuous; not pure.

   an unchaste woman.

2. characterized by sexual suggestiveness, transgression, or excess; lascivious; bawdy.

   an unchaste exhibition.

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Usage

What does unchaste mean? Unchaste is most commonly used to describe someone or something considered sexually immoral, especially according to the teachings of a certain religion. It can also be used in a more general way to mean morally impure. The opposite is chaste, which is most commonly used to describe someone who refrains from sexual activity that’s considered immoral. Example: When I went to Catholic high school, my religion teachers always emphasized the dangers of being unchaste.

Other Word Forms

• unchastely adverb
• unchasteness noun
• unchastity noun

Etymology

Origin of unchaste

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- ¹, chaste

Example Sentences

The celibacy of the clergy was only established with the very greatest difficulty, and when it was established, priests became unchaste.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

No, if her alien heart dotes on another, She is unchaste, were not that other Percy.

From Percy A Tragedy by More, Hannah

Canto V. Stepping down from this circle to a lower one, Dante and Virgil reach the second circle of the Inferno, where all who lived unchaste lives are duly punished.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

He goes on to urge that this ritual kiss should be neither unchaste nor without real feeling.

From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition by Gore, Charles

And seeing the honour that was shown to the deceased, such women as were wanton and unchaste resolved to amend their lives.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George