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The Meaning of impure

  • (a.) 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.
  • (a.) Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
  • (a.) Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
  • (a.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
  • (a.) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
  • (v. t.) To defile; to pollute.

Synonyms

unclean , soiled , dirty , technical-grade , technical grade , adulterate , adulterated , debased , alloyed , bastardized , bastardised , contaminated , polluted , dingy , muddied , muddy , unpurified , unprocessed

Antonyms

sheer , white , unmixed , native , fresh , unadulterated , clear , immaculate , unmingled , pristine , plain , unalloyed , sublimate , unpolluted , virginal , fine , uncontaminated , axenic , clean , undefiled , pure , light , unclouded

Rhymes

allure , amanpour , assure , badour , baldur , beladur , bijur , bloor , bonjour , boor , brochure , buhr , contour , couture , cure , demure , detour , duerr , dufour , endure , ensure , entrepreneur , epicure , fluhr , foor , fuhr , gilmour , gloor , gochnour , immature , insure , inure , jabbour , jure , lacour , lancour , latour , lesure , lumpur , lure , manure , mature , miniature , moor , moore , muhr , muir , murre , obscure , observateur , pimplapure , premature , procure , pure , reassure , rednour , reinsure , ruhr , schnoor , secure , segur , spoor , stamour , stuhr , suhr , suhre , suire , sure , tour , ture , uhr , unsure , your