impure
/ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/
impure adjective: containing undesired intermixtures.
Adjective
impure (comparative more impure, superlative most impure)
- Containing undesired intermixtures
- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- Synonyms:
- imperfect, tainted, contaminated, polluted
- Antonyms:
- pure
- Unhallowed; defiled by something unholy, either physically by an objectionable substance, or morally by guilt or sin
- Synonyms:
- imperfect, tainted, profane, unhallowed, common, impious, mishallowed, unholy
- Antonyms:
- pure
- Unchaste; obscene (not according to or not abiding by some system of sexual morality)
- He was thinking impure thoughts involving a girl from school.
- “No one would marry her if she was impure, don't you see?” “Impure? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as impure.”2012, Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
- Antonyms:
- pure
- Having side effects.
- an impure method
- Antonyms:
- pure
Verb
impure (third-person singular simple present impures, present participle impuring, simple past and past participle impured)
impure meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
impure in Hindi
- not pure
- अशुद्ध aśuddh
impure in Tamil
- தூய்மையற்ற, தூய்மை கெட்ட
impure in Urdu
- impure, polluted, defiled, unclean
- پلید palīd
- impure
- مردار murdār
impure in Bengali
- impure, unholy
- অকৃতাত্মা ôkritattã
- impure, unclean, foul
- অশুচি ośuci
More languagesFewer languages
- impure in Telugu
- అపవిత్రము apavitramu, సంకీర్ణము saṅkīrṇamu
- impure in Malayalam
- അശുദ്ധ, ശുദ്ധമല്ലാത്ത, മായമുള്ള, മിലിത
- impure in Kannada
- ಮಾಸಲು, ಹೊಲೆ, ಹೊಲಸು, ಕೊೞಚೆ
- impure in Punjabi
- پلیت palīt, ਪਲੀਤ palīt
- impure in Sanskrit
- अशुद्ध aśuddha
- impure in Nepali
- जुठो juṭho
- impure in Tagalog
- ditagnas
Examples of impure in a sentence
- The absolute path to a file is an impure name: it contains a clear hierarchical structure.
- Most of us chronically recycle impure, under-oxygenated blood through our bodies day after day, year after year.
- A total recoinage was to be effected, and the old impure coins were to be removed from circulation.
Synonyms of impure
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Antonyms
Forms of impure
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more impure |
| superlative | most impure |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | impures |
| present participle | impuring |
| past participle | impured |
| past | impured |
Origin of impure
From Middle French impur, from Latin impūrus.
Words formed from impure
Phrases with impure
Words that rhyme with impure
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
- spoor
Questions about impure
- What does impure mean?
- Impure means containing undesired intermixtures.
- What is impure in Hindi?
- Impure in Hindi is अशुद्ध (aśuddh). See Impure meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is impure?
- Impure can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce impure?
- Impure is pronounced /ɪmˈpjʊə(ɹ)/.
Words near impure in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: impure (page history and authors); impure (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مردار (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকৃতাত্মা (Bengali) (page history and authors); అపవిత్రము (Telugu) (page history and authors); impure (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); impure (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); پلیت (Punjabi) (page history and authors); जुठो (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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