ADJECTIVE | pert | purifying, purgatorial, purging | serving to purge or rid of sin |
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all | purifying | freeing from noxious matter | |
all | purifying, cleansing | acting like an antiseptic |
Sounds | pyuh'rahfay.ihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Serving to purge or rid of sin. | |
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Synonyms | purgatorial, purging | |
Spanish | purgativo, purificador | |
Nouns | purgation | the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
Meaning | Freeing from noxious matter. | |
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Example | "filtration is a purifying agent" | |
Narrower | ablutionary, cleansing | cleansing the body by washing |
antiseptic | Freeing from error or corruption | |
detergent, detersive | Having cleansing power | |
Opposite | adulterating, adulterant | making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials |
Spanish | purificador |
Meaning | Acting like an antiseptic. | |
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Synonym | cleansing | |
Broader | antiseptic | Thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms |
Spanish | limpiador, purificador |
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