Unbecoming vs Impure - What's the difference?
unbecoming | impure | Related terms |
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
:She wore a rather unbecoming hairstyle.
Not in keeping with the expected standards of one's position.
:He was accused of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
Not pure
Defiled by sin or guilt; unholy; unhallowed
Unchaste; lewd; unclean or obscene
(Judaism) Not virgin, having previously had sexual intercourse
* 2012 , Frederick Ramsay, The Eighth Veil: A Jerusalem Mystery
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute
As adjectives the difference between unbecoming and impure
is that unbecoming is not flattering, attractive or appropriate while impure is not pure.As a verb impure is
to defile; to pollute.unbecoming
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* unsuitable * unfit * indecent * indecorous * improperAntonyms
* becoming * befitting * suitingExternal links
* * *impure
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The impure gemstone was not good enough to be made into a necklace, so it was thrown out.
- He was thinking impure thoughts.
- “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 .”