adj. Function: adjective
1 morally or mentally unclean FF1C; impure thoughts FF1E;
Synonyms: dirty, immoral, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly
Related Words: 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 FF1C; altars overturned and sacred vessels made impure by the touch of profane hands FF1E;
Synonyms: common, defiled, desecrated, polluted, profaned, unclean
Related Words: unhallowed, unholy
Contrasted Words: clean, consecrated, undefiled
Antonyms: pure
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Synonyms: UNREFINED 3, crude, native, raw, run-of-mine, ungraded, unsorted