FOUL
/faʊl/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 9
Definition
- noun an act that violates the rules of a sport.
- verb hit a foul ball.
- verb make impure.
— synonyms: pollute, contaminate
- verb become or cause to become obstructed.
— synonyms: clog, choke_off, clog_up, back_up, congest, choke
- verb commit a foul.
- verb spot, stain, or pollute.
— synonyms: befoul, defile, maculate
- verb make unclean.
- verb become soiled and dirty.
- adjective highly offensive.
— synonyms: disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling
- adjective offensively malodorous.
— synonyms: fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
- adjective violating accepted standards or rules.
— synonyms: cheating(a), dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
- adjective (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.
- adjective (of a manuscript) defaced with changes.
— synonyms: dirty, marked-up
- adjective characterized by obscenity.
— synonyms: cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty
- adjective disgustingly dirty.
— synonyms: filthy, nasty
- adjective especially of a ship's lines etc.
— synonyms: afoul(ip), fouled
Examples
- “A ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles”
- “His foul language causes many people to believe he is uneducated.”
- “He has a foul set of friends.”
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