Antonyms for impure
ɪmˈpyʊərim·pure

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1. impureadjective

   Antonyms:
   pure

   Synonyms:
   tainted, imperfect

2. impureadjective

   to defile; to pollute

   The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.

   Antonyms:
   pure

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, tainted

3. impureadjective

   Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed; -- said of persons or things.

   Antonyms:
   pure

   Synonyms:
   tainted, imperfect

4. impureadjective

   Unchaste; lewd; unclean; obscene; as, impure language or ideas.

   Synonyms:
   tainted, imperfect

   Antonyms:
   pure

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1. impure

   Antonyms:
   blessed, consecrated, devoted, divine, hallowed, holy, sacred, saintly, set apart

   Synonyms:
   abominable, common, cursed, polluted, secular, unconsecrated, unhallowed, unholy, unsanctified, wicked, worldly

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1. impure

   Synonyms:
   foul, unchaste, dirty

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1. impureadjective

   combined with extraneous elements

   Antonyms:
   sheer, white, unmixed, native, fresh, unadulterated, axenic, clean, undefiled, pure, light, unclouded, unalloyed, sublimate, unpolluted, virginal, fine, uncontaminated, clear, immaculate, unmingled, pristine, plain

   Synonyms:
   unclean

2. impureadjective

   (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene

   "impure thoughts"

   Antonyms:
   clean, pure, sheer, sublimate, unmingled, uncontaminated, unpolluted, fine, unalloyed, unadulterated, native, white, axenic, clear, virginal, undefiled, unclouded, pristine, fresh, light, plain, immaculate, unmixed

   Synonyms:
   unclean

3. unclean, impureadjective

   having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws

   "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3

   Antonyms:
   pristine, immaculate, pure, virginal, fine, clear, white, undefiled, fresh, light, uncontaminated, native, clean, sublimate, unalloyed, unadulterated, unmingled, sheer, unpolluted, unmixed, axenic, plain, unclouded

   Synonyms:
   unclean, soiled, dirty

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1. impureadjective

   Synonyms:
   tainted, defiled, contaminated, polluted, vitiated, infected, adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated, unchaste, lewd, indelicate, indecent, barbarous, vulgar, hybrid

How to use impure in a sentence?

1. Wyndham Lewis:

   All orthodox opinion -- that is, today, revolutionary opinion either of the pure or the impure variety -- is anti-man.

2. Chinese:

   Unsullied poverty is always happy, while impure wealth brings with it many sorrows.

3. Yonatan Adler:

   According to ancient Jewish ritual law, vessels made of pottery are easily made impure and must be broken, stone, on the other hand, was thought to be a material which can never become ritually impure, and as a result ancient Jews began to produce some of their everyday tableware from stone.

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