What is another word for impurity?
376 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪmpjˈʊɹɪti], [ ɪmpjˈʊɹɪti], [ ɪ_m_p_j_ˈʊ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]
Impurity refers to something that is contaminated, unclean, or tainted. Synonyms for impurity include pollution, blemish, contamination, corruption, defect, flaw, imperfection, taint, and dirtiness. Pollution refers to the presence or introduction of harmful substances into the environment. Blemish denotes a mark that spoils the appearance of something. Corruption refers to the act of damaging or impairing something gradually. Imperfection connotes a fault or defect in something. Taint refers to a trace of a bad or undesirable substance. Dirtiness refers to something that is unclean or unsanitary. Synonyms for impurity can be used interchangeably in relation to the degree of contamination or lack of purity in a substance.
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Similar words for impurity:
- blemish (noun)
- contaminant (noun)
- corruption (noun)
- dirtiness (noun)
- dross (noun)
- filth (noun)
- grossness (noun)
- improbity (noun)
- impurity (noun)
- indecency (noun)
- infection (noun)
- lewdness (noun)
- obscenity (noun)
- pollution (noun)
- uncleanness (noun)
- dirty (verb)
Synonyms for Impurity:
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n.
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- germ .
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- clean .
- abrasion ,
- blister ,
- blot ,
- blotch ,
- brand ,
- check ,
- chip ,
- damage ,
- defacement ,
- defect ,
- deformity ,
- discoloration ,
- disfigurement ,
- distortion ,
- dot ,
- drawback ,
- eyesore ,
- fault ,
- flaw ,
- fleck ,
- fracture ,
- freckle ,
- gash ,
- hack ,
- hurt ,
- imperfection ,
- kink ,
- lesion ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- nick ,
- notch ,
- pockmark ,
- rift ,
- scab ,
- scar ,
- score ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- scuff ,
- slit ,
- sore ,
- speck ,
- splotch ,
- spoilage ,
- spot ,
- stain ,
- stigma ,
- tarnish ,
- wart ,
- weal .
- de cadence ,
- de cadences ,
- de generation ,
- de generations ,
- de gradation ,
- de gradations ,
- de-cadence ,
- de-cadences ,
- de-generation ,
- de-generations ,
- de-gradation ,
- de-gradations ,
- loosenesses ,
- sinfulnesses .
- impurenesses ,
- un cleanliness ,
- un cleanlinesses ,
- un wholesomeness ,
- un wholesomenesses ,
- un-cleanliness ,
- un-cleanlinesses ,
- un-wholesomeness ,
- un-wholesomenesses ,
- uncleanlinesses .
- in civilities ,
- in civility ,
- in decencies ,
- in decency ,
- in decorum ,
- in decorums ,
- in delicacies ,
- in delicacy ,
- in-civilities ,
- in-civility ,
- in-decencies ,
- in-decency ,
- in-decorum ,
- in-decorums ,
- in-delicacies ,
- in-delicacy ,
- un seemliness ,
- un seemlinesses ,
- un-seemliness ,
- un-seemlinesses ,
- vilenesses .
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• dirty- contaminated ,
- dirty ,
- filthy ,
- grimy ,
- grubby ,
- messy ,
- squalid ,
- unclean ,
- unhygienic ,
- unsanitary .
Other synonyms:
- defilement ,
- indecency .
- contamination ,
- poison ,
- pollution .
Other relevant words:
- Cacology ,
- DROS ,
- Defectibility ,
- Equivoque ,
- Immundicity ,
- Improbity ,
- Impudicity ,
- Inconcinnity ,
- Inelegancy ,
- Lubricity ,
- Miriness ,
- Peccability ,
- Raunch ,
- Sesquipedalianism ,
- Unchastity ,
- admixture ,
- alloy ,
- amorality ,
- backsliding ,
- bad taste ,
- barbarism ,
- barbarousness ,
- bawdiness ,
- bawdry ,
- black sheep ,
- blueness ,
- cacophony ,
- carnality ,
- clumsiness ,
- coarseness ,
- corruption ,
- criminality ,
- crudeness ,
- crudity ,
- cumbrousness ,
- debasement ,
- deficiency ,
- degeneration ,
- delinquency ,
- depravity ,
- dirt ,
- dissoluteness ,
- dross ,
- dysphemism ,
- erroneousness ,
- evil ,
- fallibility ,
- faultiness ,
- foreign body ,
- foreign matter ,
- gracelessness ,
- grime ,
- grossness ,
- harshness ,
- heaviness ,
- ill-balanced sentences ,
- immaturity ,
- immodesty ,
- impairment ,
- impropriety ,
- impure ,
- impureness ,
- impurities ,
- inaccuracy ,
- inadequacy ,
- inadequateness ,
- incompleteness ,
- incorrectness ,
- indecorousness ,
- inelegance ,
- inexactitude ,
- inexactness ,
- infelicity ,
- intruder ,
- lack ,
- lasciviousness ,
- leadenness ,
- lecherousness ,
- libidinousness ,
- licentiousness ,
- looseness ,
- lust ,
- lustfulness ,
- mediocrity ,
- messiness ,
- misfit ,
- monkey wrench ,
- mote ,
- nastiness ,
- obscenity ,
- oddball ,
- patchiness ,
- pestilence ,
- poisoning ,
- pompousness ,
- ponderousness ,
- prodigality ,
- promiscuity ,
- promiscuousness ,
- prurience ,
- raunchiness ,
- recidivism ,
- ribaldry ,
- roughness ,
- rudeness ,
- salaciousness ,
- scatology ,
- scoria ,
- scum ,
- scurrility ,
- sesquipedality ,
- shortage ,
- shortcoming ,
- sinfulness ,
- sketchiness ,
- slag ,
- sliver ,
- smut ,
- splinter ,
- squalor ,
- status ,
- stiltedness ,
- stone ,
- swearword ,
- taint ,
- tastelessness ,
- turgidity ,
- unchasteness ,
- uncouthness ,
- unevenness ,
- ungodliness ,
- ungracefulness ,
- unmorality ,
- unrefinement ,
- unrighteousness ,
- unseemliness ,
- unsoundness ,
- unwieldiness ,
- vice ,
- viciousness ,
- vileness ,
- vulgarism ,
- vulgarity ,
- want ,
- wantonness ,
- waste ,
- waywardness ,
- weed ,
- wickedness ,
- wrongdoing .
- Communicability ,
- Contagiousness ,
- Crudities ,
- Insanitation ,
- Poisonings ,
- Recrement ,
- Scobs ,
- Scoriae ,
- Septicity ,
- blemish ,
- dirtiness ,
- flu ,
- germs ,
- immodesties ,
- immorality ,
- indelicacy ,
- infamy ,
- lubrici ,
- lubricities ,
- radioactivation ,
- rottenness ,
- sinter ,
- sinters ,
- spoliation ,
- spoliations ,
- uncleanliness ,
- villainousness ,
- what's going around .
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How to use "Impurity" in context?
The five impurities are:
1) Ignorance
2) Harm/Harmony
3) Anger
4) Clumsiness/Incoordination
5) Lying/Deceit
Paraphrases for Impurity:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
contamination, dirt.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
contaminant.
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Noun, singular or mass
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