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mɪərmere

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. mere

    That is pure which is free from mixture or contact with anything that weakens, impairs, or pollutes. Material substances are called pure in the strict sense when free from foreign admixture of any kind; as, pure oxygen; the word is often used to signify free from any defiling or objectionable admixture (the original sense); we speak of water as pure when it is bright, clear, and refreshing, tho it may contain mineral salts in solution; in the medical and chemical sense, only distilled water (aqua pura) is pure. In moral and religious use pure is a strong word, denoting positive excellence of a high order; one is innocent who knows nothing of evil, and has experienced no touch of temptation; one is pure who, with knowledge of evil and exposure to temptation, keeps heart and soul unstained. Virtuous refers primarily to right action; pure to right feeling and motives; as, "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God," Matt. v, 8. Compare FINE; INNOCENT.

    Synonyms:
    absolute, chaste, classic, classical, clean, clear, continent, genuine, guileless, guiltless, holy, immaculate, incorrupt, innocent, perfect, pure, real, sheer, simple, spotless, stainless, true, unadulterated, unblemished, uncorrupted, undefiled, unmingled, unmixed, unpolluted, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, upright, virtuous

    Antonyms:
    adulterated, defiled, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, immodest, impure, indecent, indelicate, lewd, mixed, obscene, polluted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, unchaste, unclean

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.5 / 2 votes

  1. mere

    Synonyms:
    pure, unmixed, absolute, uninfluenced, unadulterated, unaffected, simple

    Antonyms:
    mixed, compound, impure, biased

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mereadjective

    a small pond of standing water

    Antonyms:
    fancy, unspecified

  2. mere(a)adjective

    being nothing more than specified

    "a mere child"

    Antonyms:
    unspecified, fancy

  3. bare(a), mere(a), simple(a)adjective

    apart from anything else; without additions or modifications

    "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"

    Antonyms:
    unspecified, fancy

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mereadjective

    Synonyms:
    bare, simple, nothing else but

  2. merenoun

    Synonyms:
    pool, lake

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How to use mere in a sentence?

  1. Salman Rushdie:

    Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

  2. Stephen Yale-Loehr:

    Two thousand people deported is not that large in the annual scheme of things, on the other hand the mere fact that they are announcing these raids is sending fear among immigrants and is causing them to hide or take other actions.

  3. President Jokowi:

    The declaration issued does not refer at all to the' end deforestation by 2030', it is important to move beyond mere narrative, rhetoric, arbitrary targets and sound bites.

  4. Pedro Passos Coelho:

    The choice we have is clear: between the path of reforms that is gradual and secure, and the path of unrealistic political programs following immediate goals, i will not collaborate and will oppose any negative policy leading to Portugal's ruin, where the Portuguese are seen as mere instruments of political power games.

  5. Fran Lebowitz:

    I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.


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