foul
/faʊl/noun, verb, adjective1 syllable
Foul means: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
Synonyms for foul71
verb, as in become or cause to become obstructed
verb, as in spot, stain, or pollute
verb, as in make impure
adjective, as in highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
adjective, as in offensively malodorous
adjective, as in violating accepted standards or rules
adjective, as in disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
adjective, as in (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
adjective, as in especially of a ship's lines etc
adjective, as in (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
Opposites of foul
What does foul mean?16
adjective
highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust“a disgusting smell”
offensively malodorous“a foul odor”
violating accepted standards or rules“a dirty fighter”
characterized by obscenity“had a filthy mouth”
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter“as filthy as a pigsty”
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes“foul (or dirty) copy”
especially of a ship's lines etc“with its sails afoul”
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
verb
become or cause to become obstructed“The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”
spot, stain, or pollute“The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it”
make impure“The industrial wastes polluted the lake”
hit a foul ball
commit a foul; break the rules
make unclean“foul the water”
become soiled and dirty
noun
an act that violates the rules of a sport
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with foul?3
one syllable
Foul in a sentence
- She discovered a foul odor coming from her kitchen sink, indicating a problem.Amastan
- If what he did wasn't a foul, what else was it?andresangelini
- There was a foul in the build-up play, and the goal was disallowed.sundown
- I just opened the lid, and a foul smell filled my nose.aeriph
- If you touch the ball with your hands, the referee will call a foul.Nylez
- The room hasn't been cleaned recently, so it now has a foul aroma.orcrist
- Hate mail often contains exceptionally abusive, foul or otherwise hurtful language.CM
- There was a strange, foul-smelling brown liquid in the waste basket.mervert1
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of foul
as a noun
- plural
- fouls
as a verb
- past tense
- fouled
- present participle
- fouling
- third-person singular
- fouls
- past participle
- fouled
as a adjective
- comparative
- fouler
- superlative
- foulest