unwholesome
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/ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/
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/ˌənˈhoʊlsəm/ · /ˌənˈhəʊlsəm/
Definition of unwholesome
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“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.”
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adj
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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.”
“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.”
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Not sound; tainted; defective.
“There was something indefinably unwholesome about him. Something lean and snakelike.”
- Indicating unsound health; characteristic of or suggesting an unsound condition, physical or mental; repulsive; offensive.
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Etymology
From Middle English unholsom; equivalent to un- + wholesome.
Words you can make from unwholesome
200+ playable · top: WHOLESOME (17 pts)
Best play wholesome 17 points8-letter words
4 words7-letter words
9 words6-letter words
25 words- WHELMS 14 pts
- WHOMSO 14 pts
- WHEELS 12 pts
- WHEENS 12 pts
- WHOLES 12 pts
- ENMESH 11 pts
- HOLMES 11 pts
- MOHELS 11 pts
- SHOLOM 11 pts
- UNHELM 11 pts
- UNMESH 11 pts
- UNMEWS 11 pts
- HOUSEL 9 pts
- NEWELS 9 pts
- WOOLEN 9 pts
- LEMONS 8 pts
- LUMENS 8 pts
- MELONS 8 pts
- NEUMES 8 pts
- OLEUMS 8 pts
- OSMOLE 8 pts
- SOLEMN 8 pts
- ENSOUL 6 pts
- LEONES 6 pts
- LOOSEN 6 pts
5-letter words
101 words- WHELM 13 pts
- HOWES 11 pts
- HOWLS 11 pts
- NOHOW 11 pts
- SHEWN 11 pts
- SHOWN 11 pts
- WELSH 11 pts
- WHEEL 11 pts
- WHEEN 11 pts
- WHENS 11 pts
- WHOLE 11 pts
- WHOSE 11 pts
- WHOSO 11 pts
- WOOSH 11 pts
- HELMS 10 pts
- HEMES 10 pts
- HOLME 10 pts
- HOLMS 10 pts
- HOMES 10 pts
- HOMOS 10 pts
- MENSH 10 pts
- MEOWS 10 pts
- MEWLS 10 pts
- MOHEL 10 pts
- MOHOS 10 pts
- SHMOE 10 pts
- UNMEW 10 pts
- WOMEN 10 pts
- ENOWS 8 pts
- HEELS 8 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HOLOS 8 pts
- HONES 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- HOSEN 8 pts
- HOUSE 8 pts
- LOWES 8 pts
- LOWSE 8 pts
- NEWEL 8 pts
- OWSEN 8 pts
- SHEEN 8 pts
- SHEOL 8 pts
- SHONE 8 pts
- SHOOL 8 pts
- SHOON 8 pts
- SHULN 8 pts
- SWOLE 8 pts
- SWOON 8 pts
- SWOUN 8 pts
- UNSEW 8 pts
- WEENS 8 pts
- WOOLS 8 pts
- EMEUS 7 pts
- LEMON 7 pts
- LOOMS 7 pts
- LUMEN 7 pts
- MELON 7 pts
- MENSE 7 pts
- MENUS 7 pts
- MEOUS 7 pts
- MESNE 7 pts
- MESON 7 pts
- MOLES 7 pts
- MONOS 7 pts
- MOOLS 7 pts
- MOONS 7 pts
- MOOSE 7 pts
- MOUES 7 pts
- MOUSE 7 pts
- MULES 7 pts
- MUONS 7 pts
- NEEMS 7 pts
- NEUME 7 pts
- NEUMS 7 pts
- NOMES 7 pts
- NOMOS 7 pts
- OLEUM 7 pts
- OMENS 7 pts
- OSMOL 7 pts
- SEMEN 7 pts
- SLOMO 7 pts
- SOLUM 7 pts
- ENOLS 5 pts
- ENSUE 5 pts
- LENES 5 pts
- LENOS 5 pts
- LENSE 5 pts
- LEONE 5 pts
- LOONS 5 pts
- LOOSE 5 pts
- LOUSE 5 pts
- LUNES 5 pts
- NOELS 5 pts
- NOLOS 5 pts
- NOOSE 5 pts
- OLEOS 5 pts
- OUSEL 5 pts
- SNOOL 5 pts
- SOLON 5 pts
- UNSEE 5 pts
4-letter words
60 words- HEWN 10 pts
- HEWS 10 pts
- HOWE 10 pts
- HOWL 10 pts
- HOWS 10 pts
- HELM 9 pts
- HEME 9 pts
- HEMS 9 pts
- HOLM 9 pts
- HOME 9 pts
- HOMO 9 pts
- HOMS 9 pts
- HUMS 9 pts
- MEOW 9 pts
- MESH 9 pts
- MEWL 9 pts
- ENOW 7 pts
- EWES 7 pts
- HEEL 7 pts
- HELO 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HOES 7 pts
- HOLE 7 pts
- HOLO 7 pts
- HOLS 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HONS 7 pts
- HOSE 7 pts
- HUES 7 pts
- HUNS 7 pts
- LOWE 7 pts
- LOWN 7 pts
- LOWS 7 pts
- LUSH 7 pts
- ELMS 6 pts
- EMES 6 pts
- EMEU 6 pts
- EMOS 6 pts
- EMUS 6 pts
- LOOM 6 pts
- LUMS 6 pts
- MELS 6 pts
- MENO 6 pts
- MENU 6 pts
- MEOU 6 pts
- EELS 4 pts
- ELSE 4 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- EONS 4 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
- LEES 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOON 4 pts
- LOOS 4 pts
- LOSE 4 pts
- LUES 4 pts
- LUNE 4 pts
- LUNS 4 pts
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