pure as the driven snow
Utterly without corruption
Pure as the driven snow describes absolute innocence or moral spotlessness.
Driven snow is snow that has been blown into drifts by wind—untouched, pristine white.
The phrase often carries irony, used to mock someone's claims of virtue or to sarcastically deny wrongdoing: Don't look at me—I'm pure as the driven snow.
Completely without blemish
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- glisteningReflecting light softly
snow-white · fresh · flawless · perfect · unblemished · unsullied · untarnished · clean
Innocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
- ingenuousInnocently frank and trusting
unworldly · blameless · sinless · saintly · faultless · guiltless · uncorrupted · trusting
Unsullied or inexperienced
- celibateAbstaining from sex
- abstinentRefraining from pleasures
- virtuousMorally excellent, principled
- modestLacking in pretension
undefiled · immaculate · chaste · wholesome · pure · moral · decent · respectable
Completely unmixed, genuine
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
- unpollutedFree of contaminants
- uncorruptedNot spoiled or debased
- unspoiledNot damaged or degraded
undefiled · untouched · preserved · intact · unaltered · natural · original · undamaged
immaculate
Completely without blemish
- spotlessCompletely free of marks
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
glistening · snow-white · fresh · flawless · perfect · unblemished · unsullied · untarnished · clean · bright
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
ingenuous · unworldly · blameless · sinless · saintly · faultless · guiltless · uncorrupted · trusting · wide-eyed
virginal
Unsullied or inexperienced
modest · undefiled · immaculate · chaste · wholesome · pure · moral · decent · respectable · honorable
unadulterated
Completely unmixed, genuine
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
- unpollutedFree of contaminants
- uncorruptedNot spoiled or debased
unspoiled · undefiled · untouched · preserved · intact · unaltered · natural · original · undamaged · unmarred
pure as the driven snowcorrupt
Dishonest, open to bribes
tainted · morally bankrupt · rotten to the core · depraved · sullied
pure as the driven snowpromiscuous
Sexually undiscriminating
unchaste · loose · wanton · licentious · impure
pure as the driven snowjaded
Dulled by overindulgence
worldly-wise · hardened · cynical · world-weary · battle-scarred
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