Thesaurus: impure

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1. 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.
2. a. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.
3. a. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.
4. a. Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
5. a. Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.
6. v. t. To defile; to pollute.
7. adj. combined with extraneous elements
8. adj. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
9. adj. having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws
10. 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. 2. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things. 3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas. "Impure desires." Cowper. 4. (Script.) Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean. 5. (Language) Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style. To defile; to pollute. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
11. Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.
12. j:100 a. combined with extraneous elements a. (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene