unsullied


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unsullied

(ʌnˈsʌlɪd)
adj
(of a reputation, etc) not stained or tarnished
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Adj.1.unsullied - spotlessly clean and fresh; "the unsullied snow of mountains"
clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
2.unsullied - (of reputation) free from blemishes; "his unsullied name"; "an untarnished reputation"
unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated - free from physical or moral spots or stains; "an unblemished record"; "an unblemished complexion"
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unsullied

adjective immaculate, stainless, impeccable, clean, pure, untouched, pristine, spotless, squeaky-clean, unblemished, untainted, untarnished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unsoiled, unblackened the combined talents of intellect, experience and unsullied reputation
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unsullied

adjective
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unsullied

[ˈʌnˈsʌlɪd] ADJ (liter) → inmaculado, no corrompido
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unsullied

adj virtue, honour etcmakellos, unbefleckt (liter); snowunberührt; to be unsullied by something (by scandal, past)von etw unberührt sein
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unsullied

[ʌnˈsʌlɪd] adj (liter) (reputation) → immacolato/a
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References in classic literature ?
Only the pure in heart may see That lily of all purity, Only in clean unsullied thought The image of her face is caught, And only he her love may hold Who buys her with the spirit's gold.
Alexey Alexandrovitch hoped that this passion would pass, as everything does pass, that everyone would forget about it, and his name would remain unsullied. Anna, on whom the position depended, and for whom it was more miserable than for anyone, endured it because she not merely hoped, but firmly believed, that it would all very soon be settled and come right.
Pulling out the sword with his disengaged hand, he flung it from him, the moonlight glinting upon the jewels of its hilt and the unsullied steel of its blade.
wise the old philosophers who sought To lengthen their long sunsets among flowers, By stealing the young night's unsullied hours And the dim moments with sweet burdens fraught.
I learned that the possessions most esteemed by your fellow creatures were high and unsullied descent united with riches.
The beginning, however, of every visit displayed none but the properest feelings, and this being of necessity so short might be hoped to pass away in unsullied cordiality.
in what a monstrous moment of pride and passion he had prayed that the portrait should bear the burden of his days, and he keep the unsullied splendour of eternal youth!
After all, there are few purer things in nature then an unsullied country maid.
It was the beginning of a day in June; the deep blue sky unsullied by a cloud, and teeming with brilliant light.
Near its southern termination, it received the contributions of another lake, whose waters were so limpid as to have been exclusively selected by the Jesuit missionaries to perform the typical purification of baptism, and to obtain for it the title of lake "du Saint Sacrement." The less zealous English thought they conferred a sufficient honor on its unsullied fountains, when they bestowed the name of their reigning prince, the second of the house of Hanover.
Her untracked oceans, whispering of virgin wonders unsullied by the eye of man, beckoned me out upon their restless bosoms.
But I am only queen--the vehicle that has helped carry down, unsullied, the royal blood from the days when Grabritin was a mighty country."