chaste
1
6.8
- adjective
- /tʃeɪst/
:
sobrio
- It is an old, badly used thing, but I can see that once it was a model of chaste and beautiful workmanship.
- chaste style
- simple and chaste
Examples
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He wrote with a chaste elegance that made his prose clear and beautiful.
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Her style of dressing is always chaste, favoring muted colors and modest cuts.
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It was the most chaste business card I'd ever seen: her name and a telephone number.
Fiction book (1999) -
Beyond them, she could see the dim, chaste interior; briefly, she could hear the organ's gentle rhythm, like the cool breathing noise of the building itself.
Fiction book (1990) -
It was a platinum fob chain, simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation—as all good things should do.
Fiction book (2001) -
The design of the chapel was chaste, with simple lines and minimal decoration.
Synonyms
220
1.0
Plain and without decoration
15
2.7
Simple and plain without anything special or expensive
8
7.2
Having a simple style with no extra decoration
Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated
Looks modest and simple and does not attract attention
Antonyms
- Literature
26
7.0
Using long, fancy words and complicated sentences that make writing hard to follow
How Ornate
11
7.7
- Literature
26
7.0
179
4.9
165
3.3
1
6.8
50
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chaste can also mean simple and without decoration, and this sense comes from the same Latin castus meaning 'pure'. So a 'pure' design has no extra parts, which is why a chaste style is plain and restrained.