'Impurity' definitions:
Definition of 'impurity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Worthless or dangerous material that should be removed; "there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity, dross]
noun
Definition of 'Impurity'
From: GCIDE
- Impurity \Im*pu"ri*ty\, n.; pl. Impurities . [L. impuritas: cf. F. impuret['e].] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The condition or quality of being impure in any sense; defilement; foulness; adulteration. [1913 Webster]
- Profaneness, impurity, or scandal, is not wit. --Buckminster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is, or which renders anything, impure; foul matter, action, language, etc.; a foreign ingredient. [1913 Webster]
- Foul impurities reigned among the monkish clergy. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Script.) Lack of ceremonial purity; defilement. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impurity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulteration,
- amorality,
- backsliding,
- bad taste,
- barbarism,
- barbarousness,
- black sheep,
- blemish,
- bombasticness,
- cacology,
- cacophony,
- carnality,
- clumsiness,
- coarseness,
- contaminant,
- contamination,
- corruption,
- criminality,
- crudeness,
- cumbrousness,
- defectibility,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- defilement,
- degeneration,
- delinquency,
- depravity,
- dinginess,
- dirt,
- dirtiness,
- dissoluteness,
- dysphemism,
- erroneousness,
- evil,
- evil nature,
- fallibility,
- faultiness,
- filth,
- filthiness,
- foreign body,
- foreign intruder,
- foulness,
- Gothicism,
- gracelessness,
- griminess,
- grossness,
- grubbiness,
- harshness,
- heaviness,
- ill-balanced sentences,
- immaturity,
- immorality,
- immundity,
- impairment,
- imperfection,
- impropriety,
- impurities,
- inaccuracy,
- inadequacy,
- inadequateness,
- incompleteness,
- inconcinnity,
- incorrectness,
- indecency,
- indecorousness,
- inelegance,
- inelegancy,
- inexactitude,
- inexactness,
- infelicity,
- intruder,
- lack,
- lack of finish,
- lack of polish,
- lasciviousness,
- leadenness,
- lecherousness,
- lewdness,
- libidinousness,
- licentiousness,
- looseness,
- lubricity,
- lust,
- lustfulness,
- maculacy,
- mediocrity,
- messiness,
- miriness,
- misfit,
- monkey wrench,
- moral delinquency,
- mote,
- muddiness,
- obscenity,
- oddball,
- patchiness,
- peccability,
- pollution,
- pompousness,
- ponderousness,
- poor diction,
- prodigality,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- prurience,
- recidivism,
- roughness,
- rudeness,
- salaciousness,
- scruffiness,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- sinfulness,
- sketchiness,
- slipshod construction,
- sliver,
- slovenliness,
- smut,
- soiledness,
- speck,
- splinter,
- stiltedness,
- stone,
- sulliedness,
- taintedness,
- tastelessness,
- turgidity,
- unangelicalness,
- unchasteness,
- unchastity,
- uncleanliness,
- uncleanness,
- uncouthness,
- undevelopment,
- uneuphoniousness,
- unevenness,
- ungodliness,
- ungoodness,
- ungracefulness,
- unmorality,
- unperfectedness,
- unpureness,
- unrefinement,
- unrighteousness,
- unsaintliness,
- unseemliness,
- unsoundness,
- untidiness,
- unvirtuousness,
- unwieldiness,
- vice,
- viciousness,
- vileness,
- vulgarism,
- vulgarity,
- want,
- wantonness,
- waywardness,
- weed,
- wickedness,
- wrongdoing