- a complete coward.
-  a consummate fool.
-  a double-dyed villain.
-  a perfect idiot.
-  a spinster or virgin lady.
-  a thorough nuisance.
-  a thoroughgoing villain.
-  an arrant fool.
-  gross negligence.
-  I felt pure and sweet as a new baby.
-  men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal.
-  pure air and water.
-  pure and vestal modesty.
-  pure as the driven snow.
-  pure folly.
-  pure gold.
-  pure oxygen.
-  pure primary colors.
-  pure science.
-  pure tones.
-  stark staring mad.
-  the unadulterated truth.
-  the violin's pure and lovely song.
-  utter nonsense.
-  what a sodding mess.