Impure
[ɪm'pjʊə;ɪm'pjɔː] or [ɪm'pjʊr]
Definition
(adj.) (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene; 'impure thoughts' .
(adj.) combined with extraneous elements .
Editor: Rebekah--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checker: Sinclair
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Foul, unclean, dirty, filthy, feculent.[2]. Obscene, indecent, lewd, smutty, ribald, bawdy, coarse, immodest, gross, vulgar, indelicate, loose.
Edited by Lelia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Foul, unchaste, dirty,[See BLEMISH]
Inputed by Betty
Definition
adj. mixed with other substances: defiled by sin: unholy: unchaste: unclean.—adv. Impure′ly.—ns. Impur′ity Impure′ness quality of being impure.
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- When impure water is boiled, the steam from it does not contain any of the impurities because these are left behind in the vessel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Open fireplaces are very healthful because the air which is driven out is impure, while the air which rushes in is fresh and brings oxygen to the human being. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- If impure, muddy water is boiled, drops of water will collect on a cold plate held in the path of the steam, but the drops will be clear and pure. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The impure liquid will thus contaminate the otherwise pure water and will render it decidedly harmful. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Pasteur and others have discovered and explained the germ theory of disease and to what extent it is due to impure water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If impure water filters through charcoal, it emerges pure, having left its impurities in the pores of the charcoal. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Lorna