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Impure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Impure? [adj] (religion) ritually unclean or impure; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [adj] used of persons or behaviors; not morally pure; "impure thoughts" [adj] combined with extraneous elements Synonyms \| Synonyms for Impure: adulterate \| adulterated \| alloyed \| bastardised \| bastardized \| composite \| contaminated \| debased \| defiled \| dingy \| maculate \| muddied \| muddy \| nonkosher \| polluted \| terefah \| tref \| unclean \| unpurified \| untouchable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Impure: Adamic \| adulterated \| alloyed \| backsliding \| barbaric \| barbarous \| bawdy \| belowstairs \| besmirched \| black \| blemished \| blue \| cacophonous \| carnal \| clumsy \| coarse \| common \| contaminated \| corrupted \| crude \| damaged \| debased \| defective \| deficient \| defiled \| degenerate \| depraved \| dirty \| dissolute \| doggerel \| Doric \| dysphemistic \| erring \| erroneous \| evil \| fallen \| fallible \| faulty \| feculent \| Fescennine \| filthy \| fleshly \| forbidden \| foul \| foul-mouthed \| foul-spoken \| foul-tongued \| found wanting \| frail \| fulsome \| graceless \| gross \| grubby \| harsh \| immature \| immodest \| immoral \| impaired \| imperfect \| imprecise \| improper \| in bad taste \| inaccurate \| inadequate \| incomplete \| inconcinnate \| inconcinnous \| incorrect \| indecent \| indecorous \| inelegant \| inexact \| infected \| infelicitous \| infirm \| ithyphallic \| lacking \| lapsed \| lascivious \| lecherous \| lewd \| libidinous \| licentious \| loose \| low \| lubricious \| lubricous \| lurid \| lustful \| maculate \| makeshift \| mediocre \| mixed \| nasty \| native \| nonkosher \| not perfect \| obscene \| of easy virtue \| off \| offensive \| outlandish \| partial \| patchy \| peccable \| polluted \| pornographic \| postlapsarian \| prodigal \| promiscuous \| prurient \| putrescent \| putrid \| Rabelaisian \| raunchy \| raw \| recidivist \| recidivistic \| ribald \| ritually unclean \| rotten \| rude \| run-of-mine \| salacious \| scarlet \| scummy \| scurrile \| scurrilous \| sensual \| short \| sinful \| sketchy \| smirched \| smoking-room \| smutty \| soiled \| soily \| squalid \| sullied \| sultry \| tainted \| tasteless \| tref \| unangelic \| unbathed \| unchaste \| unclean \| uncleanly \| uncourtly \| uncouth \| undeveloped \| undignified \| uneuphonious \| uneven \| unfelicitous \| unfinished \| ungodly \| ungood \| ungraceful \| ungraded \| unhallowed \| unholy \| unperfected \| unpolished \| unprintable \| unpure \| unrefined \| unrepeatable \| unrighteous \| unsaintly \| unscoured \| unscrubbed \| unseemly \| unsorted \| unsound \| unswept \| unthorough \| unvirginal \| unvirtuous \| unwashed \| unwiped \| vile \| virtueless \| vitiated \| vulgar \| wanting \| wanton \| wayward \| weak \| wicked See Also \| dirty \| impure \| soiled \| unchaste \| unprocessed Impure In Webster's Dictionary \Impure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See {Pure}.] 1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure water or air; impure drugs, food, etc. 2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things. 3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. ``Impure desires.'' --Cowper. 4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. 5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style. \Impure"\, v. t. To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

Impure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impure?

[adj] (religion) ritually unclean or impure; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
[adj] used of persons or behaviors; not morally pure; "impure thoughts"
[adj] combined with extraneous elements

Impure In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure:
cf. F. impur. See {Pure}.]
1. Not pure; not clean; dirty; foul; filthy; containing
   something which is unclean or unwholesome; mixed or
   impregnated extraneous substances; adulterated; as, impure
   water or air; impure drugs, food, etc.

2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of
   persons or things.

3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or
   ideas. ``Impure desires.'' --Cowper.

4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of
   Moses; unclean.

5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin;
   an impure style.


\Im*pure"\, v. t.
To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall.

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