Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

impure

 
Dictionary: im·pure   (ĭm-pyʊr') pronunciation
adj., -pur·er, -pur·est.
  1. Not pure or clean; contaminated.
  2. Not purified by religious rite; unclean.
  3. Immoral or sinful: impure thoughts.
  4. Mixed with another, usually inferior substance; adulterated.
  5. Being a composite of more than one color or mixed with black or white.
  6. Deriving from more than one source, style, or convention; eclectic: an impure art form.
impurely im·pure'ly adv.
impureness im·pure'ness n.

Search unanswered questions...
Enter a question here...
Search: All sources Community Q&A Reference topics
Thesaurus: impure
Top

adjective

  1. Ceremonially or religiously unfit: unclean. See clean/dirty, religion, sacred/profane.
  2. Not chaste or moral: immoral, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly. See good/bad, restraint/unrestraint, sex/asexual.
  3. Mixed with other substances: adulterated, alloyed, doctored, loaded, sophisticated. See clean/dirty.

Antonyms: impure
Top

adj

Definition: not clean mentally, physically
Antonyms: chaste, clean, impeccable, pure, sterile


Word Tutor: impure
Top
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Not clean, dirty.

pronunciation Within our impure mind the pure one is to be found. — Hui Neng.

Translations: Impure
Top

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uren, forfalsket, ukysk

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzuiver

Français (French)
adj. - impur, frelaté

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unrein, unsauber

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακάθαρτος, νοθευμένος, ανακατεμένος, αισχρός, μιαρός (κν. μαγαρισμένος)

Italiano (Italian)
impuro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - impuro

Русский (Russian)
нечистый, непристойный, смешанный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impuro, adulterado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oren, besmittad (bildl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不纯的, 掺杂的, 肮脏的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不純的, 摻雜的, 肮髒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 불결한, 순결하지 않은, 부도덕한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 汚い, 不潔な, 不純な, みだらな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير نقي, غير طاهر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא טהור, מזוהם‬


 
 
Learn More
impurely
brick earth
clean

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Thesaurus. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Answers Corporation Antonyms. © 1999-2009 by Answers Corporation. All rights reserved.  Read more
Word Tutor. Copyright © 2004-present by eSpindle Learning, a 501(c) nonprofit organization. All rights reserved.
eSpindle provides personalized spelling and vocabulary tutoring online; free trial Read more
Translations. Copyright © 2007, WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.  Read more