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Synonyms for impure
ɪmˈpyʊərim·pure
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Wiktionary
impureadjective
Antonyms:
pureimpureadjective
to defile; to pollute
The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
Antonyms:
pureimpureadjective
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
Antonyms:
pureimpureadjective
Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
Antonyms:
pure
English Synonyms and Antonyms
impure
Synonyms:
abominable, common, cursed, polluted, secular, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldlyAntonyms:
blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart
Princeton's WordNet
impureadjective
combined with extraneous elements
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uncleanAntonyms:
sheer, white, unmixed, native, fresh, unadulterated, axenic, clean, undefiled, pure, light, unclouded, unalloyed, sublimate, unpolluted, virginal, fine, uncontaminated, clear, immaculate, unmingled, pristine, plainimpureadjective
(used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
"impure thoughts"
Synonyms:
uncleanAntonyms:
clean, pure, sheer, sublimate, unmingled, uncontaminated, unpolluted, fine, unalloyed, unadulterated, native, white, axenic, clear, virginal, undefiled, unclouded, pristine, fresh, light, plain, immaculate, unmixedunclean, impureadjective
having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
"unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
Synonyms:
unclean, soiled, dirtyAntonyms:
pristine, immaculate, pure, virginal, fine, clear, white, undefiled, fresh, light, uncontaminated, native, clean, sublimate, unalloyed, unadulterated, unmingled, sheer, unpolluted, unmixed, axenic, plain, unclouded
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
impureadjective
Synonyms:
tainted, defiled, contaminated, polluted, vitiated, infected, adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated, unchaste, lewd, indelicate, indecent, barbarous, vulgar, hybrid
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #736 | common | |
| #4328 | dirty | |
| #8459 | wicked | |
| #9718 | foul | |
| #12654 | secular | |
| #17926 | cursed | |
| #21090 | imperfect | |
| #24763 | worldly | |
| #25985 | tainted | |
| #26728 | polluted | |
| #34224 | unholy | |
| #35691 | soiled | |
| #37000 | unclean | |
| #44601 | impure | |
| #51404 | abominable | |
| #219191 | unhallowed | |
| #265081 | unchaste |
How to use impure in a sentence?
Unsullied poverty is always happy, while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows.
According to ancient Jewish ritual law, vessels made of pottery are easily made impure and must be broken, stone, on the other hand, was thought to be a material which can never become ritually impure, and as a result ancient Jews began to produce some of their everyday tableware from stone.
All orthodox opinion -- that is, today, revolutionary opinion either of the pure or the impure variety -- is anti-man.
Translations for impure
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- impurCatalan, Valencian
- unreinGerman
- malpuraEsperanto
- impuroSpanish
- epäpuhdasFinnish
- impurFrench
- impuroGalician
- szennyezettHungarian
- impurInterlingua
- impuroItalian
- 불결한Korean
- onzuiverDutch
- impuroPortuguese
- нечи́стыйRussian
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