The meaning of Impure

verb

Mix (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

Digging is an efficient way of admixing organic matter

verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Usage examples:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Usage examples:

Adulterate remedies

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

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Adulterate remedies

verb

Mix (metals) to make an alloy.

Usage examples:

Alloying tin with copper to make bronze

noun

A metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

Usage examples:

An alloy of nickel, bronze, and zinc

verb

Past simple and past participle of alloy

Usage examples:

My pleasure in receiving the letter was somewhat alloyed by its contents.

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Reduced in quality or value.

Usage examples:

The debased traditions of sportsmanship

verb

Reduce (something) in quality or value; degrade.

Usage examples:

The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama

adjective

Worse than before, especially morally; less valuable or deserving less respect than before

Usage examples:

He believes that acts of torture reveal how debased we are., our world view has become debased. we …

adjective

Indulging in or characterized by excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs.

Usage examples:

A debauched lifestyle

verb

Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt.

Usage examples:

He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavoured to corrupt parliament

verb

Damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil.

Usage examples:

The land was defiled by a previous owner

verb

(of troops) march in single file.

Usage examples:

We emerged after defiling through the mountainsides

noun

A steep-sided narrow gorge or passage (originally one requiring troops to march in single file)

Usage examples:

The twisting track wormed its way up a defile to level ground

adjective

Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

Usage examples:

A degenerate form of a higher civilization

noun

An immoral or corrupt person.

Usage examples:

Get out of my house, you degenerate!

verb

Decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

Usage examples:

The quality of life had degenerated

adjective

Treated or regarded with contempt or disrespect.

Usage examples:

She had felt cheap and degraded

verb

Treat or regard (someone) with contempt or disrespect.

Usage examples:

She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded women

verb

Past simple and past participle of degrade

Usage examples:

Pornography degrades women., every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes., these …

adjective

Morally corrupt; wicked.

Usage examples:

He was a depraved lecher

verb

Make (someone) immoral or wicked.

Usage examples:

This book would deprave and corrupt young children

adjective

Morally bad or evil

Usage examples:

A depraved character/mind, someone who can kill a child like that must be totally depraved.

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

(of a person or a way of life) overindulging in sensual pleasures.

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, his heir was feckless and dissolute

adjective

Showing a lack of good character and morals; immoral

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A dissolute life

adjective

Not conforming to accepted standards of morality.

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Unseemly and immoral behaviour

adjective

Not following accepted standards of morally right behavior or thought

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of race is immoral., the immorality of lying

adjective

Not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour, especially in relation to sexual matters.

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Indecent acts

adjective

Morally offensive, esp. in a sexual way

Usage examples:

Indecent language is not allowed on the radio between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., [ u ] the network receive…

adjective

Feeling or revealing an overt sexual interest or desire.

Usage examples:

He gave her a lascivious wink

adjective

Feeling or expressing strong sexual desire

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Lascivious behavior

adjective

Having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

Usage examples:

She ignored his lecherous gaze

adjective

(esp. of men) too interested in sex

adjective

Crude and offensive in a sexual way.

Usage examples:

She began to gyrate to the music and sing a lewd song

adjective

(esp. of behavior or speech) sexual in an obvious and socially unacceptable way

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Lewd remarks

adjective

Having or showing strong feelings of sexual desire.

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Lustful glances

adjective

Feeling or connected with strong sexual desire

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Lustful thoughts

adjective

Consisting of different qualities or elements.

Usage examples:

A mixed diet

verb

Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.

Usage examples:

Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices

adjective

(of the portrayal or description of sexual matters) offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.

Usage examples:

Obscene jokes

adjective

Offensive, rude, or disgusting according to accepted moral standards

adjective

Having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters, especially the sexual activity of others.

Usage examples:

She'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity

abbreviation

Recto.

noun

The eighteenth letter of the alphabet.

noun

A number between +1 and −1 calculated so as to represent the linear interdependence of two variables or sets of data.

adjective

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

Usage examples:

A ribald comment

adjective

Ribald language refers to sex in a rude but humorous way

Usage examples:

He entertained us with ribald stories.

adjective

Wicked and immoral; committing or characterized by the committing of sins.

Usage examples:

Sinful men

adjective

Relating to or engaging in sexual activity, especially of an illicit or extramarital nature.

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Unchaste desires

adjective

Dirty.

Usage examples:

The firm was fined for operating in unclean premises

adjective

Not clean or not pure and therefore likely to cause disease

Usage examples:

Unclean water, unclean kitchens, unclean thoughts/practices

adjective

(of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.

Usage examples:

Sheer wanton vandalism

noun

A sexually unrestrained woman.

Usage examples:

She'd behaved like a wanton

verb

Play; frolic.

Usage examples:

They sat gazing at the white-flecked pure blue sea and the various gulls that wantoned in the wake

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

Usage examples:

A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

Usage examples:

Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

Usage examples:

He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…

adjective

(of an act) not fair, just, or legal.

Usage examples:

He is suing the police for wrongful arrest

adjective

Unfair or illegal

Usage examples:

He has suffered terribly, after 15 years of wrongful imprisonment.

adjective

Used to describe actions that are unfair or illegal

Usage examples:

Wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment his lawyer is negotiating compensation for his wrongful con…