Unseemly vs Impure - What's the difference?
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Inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste.
* Nathaniel Hawthorne
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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
Unseemly is a related term of impure.
As adjectives the difference between unseemly and impure
is that unseemly is inconsistent with established standards of good form or taste while impure is not pure.As a verb impure is
(obsolete) to defile; to pollute.unseemly
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Alternative forms
* unsemely (archaic)Adjective
(er)- He was drunk and made some very unseemly comments.
- An unseemly outbreak of temper.
Antonyms
* seemlySee also
* inappropriateimpure
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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 .”