Unwholesome
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

4 letters

FOUL
An act that violates the rules of a sport

5 letters

SEEDY
Full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

SEAMY
Showing a seam

PEAKY
Having or as if having especially high-pitched spots; "absence of peaky highs and beefed-up bass"

6 letters

SICKLY
Unhealthy looking

SEPTIC
Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"

MORBID
Suggesting an unhealthy mental state; "morbid interest in death"; "morbid curiosity"

BADFOR

7 letters

UNSOUND
Of e.g. advice

TAINTED
Touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"

PECCANT
Liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter Scott

OBSCENE
Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead

NOISOME
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

HURTFUL
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

HIDEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

HARMFUL
Causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"

BANEFUL
Exceedingly harmful

NOXIOUS
Injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

8 letters

VIRULENT
Extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"

POLLUTED
Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"

MORBIFIC
Able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

HORRIBLE
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

DISEASED
Caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

9 letters

UNHEALTHY
Not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"

REPULSIVE
Possessing the ability to repel; "a repulsive force"

REPELLENT
The power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his advances"

OFFENSIVE
Morally offensive; "an unsavory reputation"; "an unsavory scandal"

LOATHSOME
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

INJURIOUS
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

10 letters

UNSANITARY
Not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"

UNHYGIENIC
Unclean and constituting a likely cause of disease; "pathetic dogs kept in small unhygienic cages"

PERNICIOUS
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"

PATHOGENIC
Able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

INSANITARY
Not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"

DISGUSTING
Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"

11 letters

UNWHOLESOME
Detrimental to physical or moral well-being; "unwholesome food"; "unwholesome habits like smoking"

UNHEALTHFUL
Not sanitary or healthful; "unsanitary open sewers"; "grim and unsanitary conditions"

PESTIFEROUS
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"

MISCHIEVOUS
Deliberately causing harm or damage; "mischievous rumors and falsehoods"

DETRIMENTAL
(sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"

DESTRUCTIVE
Causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

DELETERIOUS
Harmful to living things; "deleterious chemical additives"

12 letters

PATHOLOGICAL
Of or relating to the practice of pathology; "pathological laboratory"

INSALUBRIOUS
Detrimental to health

CONTAMINATED
Rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"