foul in English

adjective

1

offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled.

a foul odor

synonyms: disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, distasteful, obnoxious, objectionable, odious, noxious, vomitous, ghastly, gruesome, gross, putrid, yucky, skanky, beastly, miasmic, noisome, mephitic, dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, grubby, muddy, muddied, unclean, unwashed, squalid, sordid, soiled, sullied, scummy, rotten, defiled, decaying, putrid, putrefied, smelly, fetid, cruddy, yucky, icky, skeevy, feculent

2

wicked or immoral.

murder most foul

synonyms: evil, wicked, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, vile, dishonorable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, vicious, malicious, malevolent, sinister, demonic, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, dark, monstrous, shocking, despicable, atrocious, heinous, odious, contemptible, horrible, execrable, lowdown, dirty

3

containing or charged with noxious matter; polluted.

foul, swampy water

synonyms: contaminated, polluted, infected, tainted, impure, filthy, dirty, unclean, feculent

noun

1

(in sports) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

It was a tough time for the French and Silvestre, having already been booked for a foul on Gillespie, just couldn't contain the winger in the 69th minute.

synonyms: illegal, unfair, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, below the belt, dirty

2

a disease in the feet of cattle.

verb

1

make foul or dirty; pollute.

factories that fouled the atmosphere

synonyms: dirty, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, sully, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, splash, spatter, smear, blight, defile, make filthy

2

(in sports) commit a foul against (an opponent).

The keeper fouled his opponent but avoided a red card.

3

(of a ship) collide with or interfere with the passage of (another).

In The Edison [1933] AC 449, the appellants, whose vessel had been fouled by the respondents, claimed damages under various heads.

adverb

1

unfairly; contrary to the rules.

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play foul .

adjective

disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, distasteful, obnoxious, objectionable, odious, noxious, vomitous, ghastly, gruesome, gross, putrid, yucky, skanky, beastly, miasmic, noisome, mephitic
dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, grubby, muddy, muddied, unclean, unwashed, squalid, sordid, soiled, sullied, scummy, rotten, defiled, decaying, putrid, putrefied, smelly, fetid, cruddy, yucky, icky, skeevy, feculent
unkind, malicious, mean, nasty, unpleasant, unfriendly, spiteful, cruel, vicious, base, malevolent, despicable, contemptible, horrible, horrid, rotten, beastly
inclement, unpleasant, disagreeable, bad, rough, stormy, squally, gusty, windy, blustery, wild, blowy, rainy, wet
contaminated, polluted, infected, tainted, impure, filthy, dirty, unclean, feculent
evil, wicked, bad, wrong, immoral, sinful, vile, dishonorable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, villainous, nefarious, vicious, malicious, malevolent, sinister, demonic, devilish, diabolical, fiendish, dark, monstrous, shocking, despicable, atrocious, heinous, odious, contemptible, horrible, execrable, lowdown, dirty
vulgar, crude, coarse, filthy, dirty, obscene, indecent, indelicate, naughty, lewd, smutty, ribald, salacious, scatological, offensive, abusive
illegal, unfair, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, below the belt, dirty
afoul, fouled
nasty, filthy
funky, foetid, noisome, stinking, foul-smelling, smelly, fetid
smutty, nasty, filthy, cruddy
yucky, revolting, disgusting, distasteful, repellant, skanky, loathsome, repelling, loathly, repellent, disgustful, wicked
unsportsmanlike, dirty, unsporting, cheating
dirty

verb

dirty, tangle up, pollute, choke off, maculate
dirty, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, sully, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, splash, spatter, smear, blight, defile, make filthy
tangle up, entangle, snarl, catch, entwine, enmesh, twist
pollute, contaminate
choke off, clog up, congest, choke, back up, clog
maculate, befoul, defile

Use "foul" in a sentence

1. Foul eunuch!

2. It's beyond foul.

3. The chimney is foul.

4. " Limit " is absolutely foul.

5. Those toilets smell foul!

6. This medicine tastes foul!

7. Fair without but foul within.

8. The referee signalled a foul.

9. They died a foul death

10. Murder is a foul deed.

11. The police suspect foul play.

12. They died a foul death.

13. Amurcous - Full off dregs; foul

14. by fair means or foul.

15. Antonyms for Aromatized include smelly, stinking, foetid, fetid, noisome, malodorous, reeking, smelling, foul and foul-smelling

16. Befoul Meaning: "make foul, cover with filth," from Old English befylan; see be- + foul (v.)

17. The Fairly OddParents - 2x06a - Foul Balled

18. Foul & Feral (Brevity mix) 5

19. The foul smell made her gag.

20. Do the police suspect foul play?

21. I'm sick of her foul mouth .

22. The foul-smell eliminating device according to the present invention has an outstanding foul-smell eliminating effect because foul smells are removed by using the high-voltage glow discharge.

23. Defensive foul in the post, defender wipes away offensive player’s arm Offensive Foul in the post, offensive player Backdowns and dislodges defender Offensive Foul in the post, offensive player Backdowns and dislodges defender “This is an example of an offensive foul for dislodging

24. 2 synonyms for Afoul: fouled, foul

25. Foul-resistant condenser using microchannel tubing

26. Foul ball down the third-base side.

27. - Urine that is cloudy or foul-smelling

28. All things considered, there is something foul.”

29. 15 In fair weather prepare for foul.

30. Factory chimneys foul the air with smoke.

31. Foul play is not accepted in Business.

32. Many were shocked by his foul language.

33. Local detectives have ruled out foul play.

34. He was sent off for foul play.

35. Players were warned twice for foul play.

36. Nothing could foul up their militant spirit.

37. The foul odor penetrated the entire house.

38. There is ample evidence of foul play.

39. Foul weather bow Coamings with hawse rings

40. With my acceptance of your foul election.

41. To foul our beliefs, trample our freedom.

42. The house was filled with foul odour.

43. Detectives have not ruled out foul play .

44. Afoul is a derived term of foul

45. Send these foul beasts into the abyss

46. And foul-smelling weeds instead of barley.”

47. You got a foul mouth sometimes, pretty.

48. 13 Bag of corpsegas sopping in foul brine.

49. 16 A fair face (but) foul heart. 

50. A foul enchantress turned me into a frog.