FOUL
Scrabble letter values: F4O1U1L1 = 7
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
- “The industrial wastes polluted the lake”
- “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”
- “The water pipe is backed up”