Impurity Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Impurity

pollution
Something that pollutes; a pollutant or a group of pollutants:
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defilement
The state of being defiled.
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infection
The pathological state resulting from having been infected:
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dirt
Any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; filth
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contaminant
One that contaminates.
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pollutant
The definition of a pollutant is waste or another contaminants that make something, such as the air or water, unclean.
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indecency
The definition of indecency is a lack of modesty.
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immorality
(Countable) An immoral act or practice.
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pornography
The explicit depiction of sexual subject matter; a display of material of an erotic nature. [from the mid-19th c.]
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dirtiness
Impure condition
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foulness
The state of being foul
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uncleanness
(Uncountable) The state of being unclean
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unwholesomeness
The state or quality of being unwholesome.
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adulterant
A substance that adulterates.
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adulterator
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
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contaminator
A person who contaminates
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poison
In a nuclear reactor, a substance, as boron, that readily absorbs thermal neutrons from a chain reaction, thereby decreasing the reactivity of a reactor core: it is used for safety or control
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impureness
The quality or condition of being impure; impurity.
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dross
The impurities in metal
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dinginess
The state or quality of being dingy.
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soiledness
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taintedness
The quality of being tainted.
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unchasteness
Lack of chastity; the state of being unchaste.
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adulteration
An adulterating or being adulterated
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Antonyms for Impurity

purity
Cleanness or clearness
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Words Related to Impurity

contamination
A contaminating or being contaminated
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filth
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles
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germ
Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development:
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lewdness
The property of being lewd.
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clean
Removal of dirt.
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volatiles
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ammonia
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hydrogen-peroxide
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hydrochloric-acid
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acetone
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iodine
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oxalic-acid
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oxidize
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Impurity Sentence Examples

  • By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down.

  • Persons and objects have to be washed to remove ritual impurity in the Law.

  • The iron oxide thus formed immediately oxidizes these foreign elements, so that the iron is really a carrier of oxygen from air to impurity.

  • The profound horror with which the Christian's conception of a suffering as well as an avenging divinity tended to make him regard all condemnable acts was tinged with a sentiment which we may perhaps describe as a ceremonial aversion moralized - the aversion, that is, to foulness or impurity.

  • The mane and tail should be silky and devoid of curl, which is a sign of impurity.

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