Synonyms for impurity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-pyoor-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpyʊər ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for impurity Other synonyms for the word impurity
Définition of impurity
Origin :- mid-15c., "thing which makes or is impure;" c.1500, "fact or quality of being impure," from Middle French impurité, from impur (see impure). Related: Impurities.
- noun contaminant
- Then skim off whatever milk or impurity may rise to the top.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Any turbidness or impurity in the water will injure the clearness of the sweetmeats.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- And no thought of impurity came to him on beholding that lily, snowy whiteness.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Woman, restrained to purity, has of necessity fallen often into impurity.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- It was she who was the slave; she, the creature of impurity, to whom the Church should have denied a soul.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- She had been impure—but her impurity swathed her in mystic seductiveness.
- Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
- Purity and impurity belong to oneself; no one can purify another.
- Extract from : « History of Religion » by Allan Menzies
- Mazdaism is governed throughout by ideas of purity and impurity.
- Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
- We are self-indulgent--and how often that can lead to impurity!
- Extract from : « The Calvary Road » by Roy Hession
- By turns our purity inspires and our impurity casts us down.
- Extract from : « Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience » by Henry David Thoreau
Antonyms for impurity
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