virtuous
Meanings
Adjective
- morally excellent
Adjective Satellite
- in a state of sexual virginity
Adj
- Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. Doublet of virtuoso.
Synonyms
chaste, continent, correct, decent, decorous, delicate, desertful, deserving, duteous, dutiful, good, honest, innocent, meritorious, modest, moral, noble, pure, right, right-minded, righteous, straight, vestal, virgin, virginal, virtual, virtuous, well-intentioned, whole-souled, worthy
Antonyms
bad, dishonest, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indecent, obscene, reprehensible, risque, shameless, unchaste, wicked
Scrabble Score: 11
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