IMPURITIES Synonyms

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• mar or spoil the appearance of

• mar or impair with a flaw

• add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• the state of being polluted

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

• the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• obscene terms for feces

• disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people

• (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

• sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

• any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

• an offensive or indecent word or phrase

• disgusting wickedness and immorality

• a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse

• (of weather) the badness of the weather

• the attribute of having a strong offensive smell

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• a worthless message

• a receptacle where waste can be discarded

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• make soiled, filthy, or dirty

• undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

• the state of being polluted

• the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• show unwillingness towards

• not accept as true

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• refuse to let have

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse entrance or membership

• matter that has been deposited by some natural process

• deposit as a sediment

• settle as sediment

• a smoky fire to drive away insects

• a blemish made by dirt

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• a soiled or discolored appearance

• (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible

• anything regarded as making something unclean

• a symbol of disgrace or infamy

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• color with a liquid dye or tint

• produce or leave stains

• make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically

• color for microscopic study

• the state of being contaminated

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• contaminate with a disease or microorganism

• lack of cleanly habits

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker