unwashed
Needing a scrub
Unwashed means not washed—dirty or unclean: unwashed dishes piled in the sink.
The phrase the great unwashed refers dismissively to ordinary people or the masses, implying they lack the refinement of the educated classes.
The term carries class contempt, suggesting the lower orders don't keep themselves clean.
Untidy in appearance
- tousledDisordered, especially hair
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
rumpled · messy · sloppy · ragged · frowzy · untidy · matted · tangled
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- rabbleDisorderly, noisy crowd
- plebeiansRoman lower classes
- commonersOrdinary citizens, untitled
- hoi polloiThe common masses
populace · riffraff · mob · peasants · underclass · multitude · rank and file · working class
Not yet treated
- naturalNot artificially produced
- untreatedNot given care
- unrinsedNot cleared of soap
- organicFrom living matter
unpeeled · farm-fresh · vine-ripened · earthy
grimy
Coated in stubborn dirt
unclean · stained · smudged · muddy · dusty · dingy · squalid · mucky · begrimed · tarnished
disheveled
Untidy in appearance
bedraggled · rumpled · messy · sloppy · ragged · frowzy · untidy · matted · tangled · straggly
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
hoi polloi · populace · riffraff · mob · peasants · underclass · multitude · rank and file · working class · lower classes
unprocessed
Not yet treated
organic · unpeeled · farm-fresh · vine-ripened · earthy
unwashedelite
Superior select group
aristocracy · nobility · gentry · upper class · aristocratic
unwashedrefined
Purified or cultured
cultivated · polished · genteel · sophisticated · elegant
- unwashed massesCommon people, derogatorily
- unwashed handsPalms lacking hygiene
- great unwashedContemptuous term for commoners
- unwashed produceFood not yet cleaned