adjective
1.
morally or mentally unclean
impure thoughts
Synonyms: dirty, immoral, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly
Related Word: belowstairs, carnal, immodest, indecent, indecorous, lascivious, lewd, lustful, prurient, scarlet, sensual; filthy, vile
Contrasted words: chaste, clean, cleanly, decent, decorous, immaculate, modest, virtuous; moral
Antonyms: pure
2.
Synonyms: dirty 1, black, filthy, foul, grubby, nasty, soily, squalid, unclean, uncleanly
3.
made unfit for ceremonial purposes
altars overturned and sacred vessels made impure by the touch of profane hands
Synonyms: common, defiled, desecrated, polluted, profaned, unclean
Related Word: unhallowed, unholy
Contrasted words: clean, consecrated, undefiled
Antonyms: pure
4.
Synonyms: unrefined 3, crude, native, raw, run-of-mine, ungraded, unsorted