Dishonest is a related term of impure.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between dishonest and impure
is that
dishonest is (obsolete) dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured while
impure is (obsolete) to defile; to pollute.
As adjectives the difference between dishonest and impure
is that
dishonest is not honest while
impure is not pure.
As a verb impure is
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute.
dishonest English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
* Sir T. North
- Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Antonyms
* honest
Related terms
* dishonesty
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impure English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Not pure
- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
- He was thinking impure thoughts.
(Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
* 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
- “No one would marry her if she was impure''', don't you see?” “'''Impure'''? Surely if a woman is forcibly deprived of her virginity, she can't be thought of as '''impure .”
Synonyms
* imperfect, tainted
Antonyms
* pure
Related terms
* impuration
* impurely
* impureness
* impurify
* impurity
Verb
(impur)
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute
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