English-Thai Dictionary

impure

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ บริสุทธิ์  ซึ่ง มีมลทิน  adulterated tainted pure sueng-mai-bo-ri-sud

 

impurely

ADV อย่าง ไม่ บริสุทธิ์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPURE

a.[L. impurus; in and purus, pure. ] 1. Not pure; foul; feculent; tinctured; mixed or impregnated with extraneous substance; as impure water or air; impure salt or magnesia.
2. Obscene; as impure language or ideas.
3. Unchaste; lewd; unclean; as impure actions.
4. Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; as persons.
5. Unhallowed; unholy; as things.
6. Unclean; in a legal sense; not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses.

 

IMPURE

v.t.To render foul; to defile. [Not used. ]

 

IMPURELY

adv. In an impure manner; with impurity.

 

IMPURENESS, IMPURITY

n.[L. impuritas, supra. ] 1. Want of purity; foulness; feculence; the admixture of a foreign substance in any thing; as the impurity of water, of air, of spirits, or of any species of earth or metal.
2. Any foul matter.
3. Unchastity; lewdness.
The foul impurities that reigned among the monkish clergy.
4. Want of sanctity or holiness; defilement by guilt.
5. Want of ceremonial purity; legal pollution or uncleanness. By the Mosaic law, a person contracted impurity by touching a dead body or a leper.
6. Foul language; obscenity.
Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPURE

Im *pure ", a. Etym: [L. impurus; pref. im- not + purus pure: cf. F.impur. See Pure. ]

 

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. )

 

Defn: Not purified according to the ceremonial law of Moses; unclean.

 

5. (Language )

 

Defn: Not accurate; not idiomatic; as, impure Latin; an impure style.

 

IMPURE

IMPURE Im *pure ", v. t.

 

Defn: To defile; to pollute. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.

 

IMPURELY

IMPURELY Im *pure "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an impure manner.

 

IMPURENESS

IMPURENESS Im *pure "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being impure; impurity. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impure

im pure |imˈpyo͝or ɪmˈpjʊ (ə )r | ▶adjective 1 mixed with foreign matter; adulterated: bullets cast from an impure lead. • dirty: a parasite that thrives in impure water. • (of a color ) mixed with another color. 2 morally wrong, esp. in sexual matters: citizens suspected of harboring impure thoughts. • defiled or contaminated according to ritual prescriptions: the perception of woman as impure. DERIVATIVES im pure ly adverb, im pure ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘dirty, containing offensive matter ’): from Latin impurus, from in- ‘not ’ + purus ‘pure. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

impure

im ¦pure |ɪmˈpjʊə, ɪmˈpjɔː | ▶adjective 1 mixed with foreign matter; adulterated: an impure form of heroin. • dirty. • (of a colour ) mixed with another colour. 2 morally wrong, especially in sexual matters: citizens suspected of harbouring impure thoughts. • defiled or contaminated according to ritual prescriptions: the perception of woman as impure. DERIVATIVES impurely adverb, impureness noun ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘dirty, containing offensive matter ’): from Latin impurus, from in- ‘not ’ + purus ‘pure ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impure

impure adjective 1 impure gold: adulterated, mixed, combined, blended, alloyed; technical admixed. ANTONYMS pure. 2 the water was impure: contaminated, polluted, tainted, unwholesome, poisoned; dirty, filthy, foul, unclean, defiled; unhygienic, unsanitary; literary befouled. ANTONYMS clean. 3 impure thoughts: immoral, sinful, wrongful, wicked; unchaste, lustful, lecherous, lewd, lascivious, prurient, obscene, indecent, ribald, risqué, improper, crude, coarse, debased, degenerate; formal concupiscent. ANTONYMS chaste.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impure

impure adjective 1 a small amount of impure gold: adulterated, mixed, combined, blended, alloyed; debased, degraded, defiled; technical admixed. ANTONYMS pure. 2 the water was impure: contaminated, polluted, tainted, infected, sullied, defiled, unwholesome, poisoned; dirty, filthy, unclean, foul; unhygienic, unsanitary, insanitary; literary befouled; rare feculent. ANTONYMS pure, clean. 3 they cleared their minds of any impure notions: immoral, corrupt, sinful, wrongful, wicked, dishonourable; depraved, degenerate, debauched, dissolute; unchaste, lustful, lecherous, lewd, lascivious, prurient, obscene, dirty, indecent, unclean, wanton, ribald, risqué, smutty, improper, crude, vulgar, coarse, gross, pornographic; rare concupiscent. ANTONYMS pure, chaste.

 

French Dictionary

impureté

impureté n. f. nom féminin 1 Présence d ’un élément étranger dans quelque chose. : Il y a des impuretés dans cette eau: il faut la faire bouillir pour la rendre potable. 2 Acte impur. SYNONYME impudicité .

 

Spanish Dictionary

impureza

impureza nombre femenino 1 Sustancia o conjunto de partículas extrañas a un cuerpo que, al mezclarse con este, le hacen perder la pureza :en el documento se señala que el río recoge las impurezas de la red de saneamiento de la población y de su polígono industrial .Se usa generalmente en plural .2 Falta de pureza (decencia o limpieza moral ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impure

im pure /ɪmpjʊ́ə r /形容詞 1 〈金属などが 〉混ぜ物のある, 不純な .2 〈水 空気などが 〉不潔な, きたない .3 ｟やや古 ｠(道徳的に )不純な, みだらな .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞