pure as snow
Utterly without blemish
Pure as snow describes someone or something completely innocent, uncorrupted, or morally spotless.
Snow's whiteness makes it a natural symbol for purity and cleanliness.
The phrase often carries irony when applied to people whose virtue is doubtful: She acts pure as snow, but I know better.
Also appears as *pure as the driven snow*, emphasizing untouched freshness.
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- white as a sheetExtremely pale from shock
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- virginalUnsullied or inexperienced
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
unblemished · squeaky clean · untouched · immaculate · chaste · clean · beyond reproach · flawless · crystalline · driven · blanket · fresh · maiden · angelic · untainted · lily white · lily-white · winter
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- puritypristine, spotless, spotlessness, immaculate, immaculacy
- naivetygreenhorn, newbie, tenderfoot, raw recruit, born yesterday
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, blameless, naive, naivety
pure as snowrotten to the core
Completely without moral value
morally bankrupt · depraved · tainted · sullied · guilty as sin
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