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Definition of impure :
1. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; - said of persons or things.
2. Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
3. 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.
4. Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
5. To defile; to pollute.
6. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
Synonyms:
terefah, alloyed, muddied, tref, nonkosher, sacred, wicked, adulterated, sex, religion, polluted, uncleanly, good, lewd, dilute, bastardised, unrefined, restraint, sophisticated, soiled, composite, doctored, unpurified, improper, watered, untouchable, cut, bastardized, mixed, debased, contaminated, loaded, clean, unchaste, raw, adulterate, corrupted, corrupt, maculate
blemished (part of speech: adjective)
flawed, blotched, discolored, flecked, disfigured, splotched, scuffed, blistered, stained, specked, distorted, tainted, spoiled, scraped, imperfect, chipped, pockmarked, spotted, tarnished, abraded, damaged, marked, fractured, scored, scabbed, freckled, hacked, cracked, nicked, defective, defaced, marred, slit, scratched, notched, blemished, gashed, scarred, deformed
unclean (part of speech: adjective)
disgusting, grimy, foul, murky, dusty, defiled, infectious, untidy, odious, mucky, putrid, unhygenic, filthy, insalubrious, festering, grubby, sloppy, muddy, shabby, fetid, scruffy, crummy, offensive, septic, squalid, unsanitary, toxic, dingy, scatological, smutty, grungy, icky
impure (part of speech: adjective)
obscene, immoral, slovenly, sordid, unclean, dirty
Usage examples:
- Pigs also were impure; yet the Egyptians bred them. - "Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt", Gaston Camille Charles Maspero.
- He asked those who had children to bring up whether they would allow them to play in narrow streets and crowded courts breathing impure air? - "Addresses & Papers / Collectanea", Peter Eade.
- A love, in a word, without pain, that is to say impure. - "The Book of Khalid", Ameen Rihani.