'Impure' definitions:
Definition of 'impure'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Impure'
From: GCIDE
- Impure \Im*pure"\, a. [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F. impur. See Pure.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Impure'
From: GCIDE
- Impure \Im*pure"\, v. t. To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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