foul
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(s) highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
- a disgusting smell
- distasteful language
- a loathsome disease
- the idea of eating meat is repellent to me
- revolting food
- a wicked stench
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(s) offensively malodorous
- a foul odor
- the kitchen smelled really funky
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(s) violating accepted standards or rules
- a dirty fighter
- used foul means to gain power
- a nasty unsporting serve
- fined for unsportsmanlike behavior
- (a) (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
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(s) (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
- foul (or dirty) copy
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(s) characterized by obscenity
- had a filthy mouth
- foul language
- smutty jokes
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(s) disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
- as filthy as a pigsty
- a foul pond
- a nasty pigsty of a room
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(s) especially of a ship's lines etc
- with its sails afoul
- a foul anchor
Nouns
- (n) an act that violates the rules of a sport
Verbs
- (v) hit a foul ball
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(v) make impure
- The industrial wastes polluted the lake
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(v) become or cause to become obstructed
- The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
- The water pipe is backed up
- (v) commit a foul; break the rules
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(v) spot, stain, or pollute
- The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it
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(v) make unclean
- foul the water
- (v) become soiled and dirty