Antonyms for virtuous
ˈvɜr tʃu əsvir·tu·ous

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1. virtuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   righteous, good

2. virtuousadjective

   Full of virtue, having excellent moral character.

   Synonyms:
   good, righteous

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1. virtuous

   Innocent, in the full sense, signifies not tainted with sin; not having done wrong or violated legal or moral precept or duty; as, an innocent babe. Innocent is a negative word, expressing less than righteous, upright, or virtuous, which imply knowledge of good and evil, with free choice of the good. A little child or a lamb is innocent; a tried and faithful man is righteous, upright, virtuous. Immaculate, pure, and sinless may be used either of one who has never known the possibility of evil or of one who has perfectly and triumphantly resisted it. Innocent is used of inanimate substances in the sense of harmless; as, an innocent remedy, that is, one not dangerous, even if not helpful. Innocent, in a specific case, signifies free from the guilt of a particular act, even tho the total character may be very evil; as, the thief was found to be innocent of the murder. See CANDID; PURE.

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   Synonyms:
   blameless, clean, clear, faultless, guileless, guiltless, harmless, immaculate, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, pure, right, righteous, sinless, spotless, stainless, upright

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1. virtuous

   Synonyms:
   upright, moral, chaste, modest, pure

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1. virtuousadjective

   morally excellent

   Antonyms:
   unredeemable, ungodly, iniquitous, unreformable, unchaste, peccable, nefarious, sinful, flagitious, irredeemable, heinous, wicked, peccant, heavy, irreclaimable, villainous, vicious, evil

   Synonyms:
   virgin, virginal, pure, vestal

2. pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtuousadjective

   in a state of sexual virginity

   "pure and vestal modesty"; "a spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

   Antonyms:
   villainous, heavy, peccant, nefarious, peccable, flagitious, evil, sinful, vicious, ungodly, unreformable, iniquitous, unchaste, heinous, wicked, irreclaimable, irredeemable, unredeemable

   Synonyms:
   pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), perfect(a), virgin, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), virginal, stark(a), consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), sodding(a), saturated, pure, vestal

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1. virtuousadjective

   Synonyms:
   good, exemplary, moral, pure, continent, upright

How to use virtuous in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Franklin:

   Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

2. Mahabharata:

   ?Tis not for gain, for fame, from fear That righteous men injustice shun, And virtuous men hold virtue dear: An inward voice they seem to hear, Which tells them duty must be done.

3. Confucius, The Confucian Analects:

   Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

4. James Gould Cozzens:

   Be virtuous and you’ll be happy? Nonsense! Be happy and you’ll begin to be virtuous.

5. Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton:

   Destiny is but a phrase of the weak human heart - the dark apology for every error. The strong and virtuous admit no destiny. On earth conscience guides in heaven God watches. And destiny is but the phantom we invoke to silence the one and dethrone the other.

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