virtuous
Adjective
- Having high moral standards; morally good.
- morally excellent
Adjective Satellite
- in a state of sexual virginity
Adj
- Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Examples
- His opponent’s virtuous play of ’HONESTY’ felt like a subtle jab at his own tactics.
- Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. Doublet of virtuoso.
Synonyms
pure, vestal, virgin, virginal, chaste, continent, correct, decent, decorous, delicate, desertful, deserving, duteous, dutiful, good, honest, innocent, meritorious, modest, moral, noble, right, right-minded, righteous, straight, virtual, virtuous, well-intentioned, whole-souled, worthy
Antonyms
wicked, bad, dishonest, immodest, immoral, incontinent, indecent, obscene, reprehensible, risque, shameless, unchaste
Scrabble Score: 11
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