Definition of pures

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Definition of pures


  • without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers (adjective)

    Examples

    1. pure folly

    Synonyms

    1. arrant
    2. complete
    3. consummate
    4. double-dyed
    5. everlasting
    6. gross
    7. perfect
    8. sodding
    9. staring
    10. stark
    11. thorough
    12. thoroughgoing
    13. unadulterated
    14. utter
  • in a state of sexual virginity (adjective)

    Examples

    1. pure and vestal modesty
    2. men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal

    Synonyms

    1. vestal
    2. virgin
    3. virginal
    4. virtuous
  • (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. saturated
  • concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied (adjective)

    Examples

    1. pure science
  • free from discordant qualities (adjective)
  • free of extraneous elements of any kind (adjective)

    Examples

    1. pure air and water
    2. pure gold
    3. pure primary colors
    4. the violin's pure and lovely song
    5. pure tones
    6. pure oxygen
  • (used of persons or behaviors) having no faults; sinless (adjective)

    Examples

    1. I felt pure and sweet as a new baby
    2. pure as the driven snow

See definition of pures in Merriam Webster