Foul

Quick meaning: Foul is an adjective meaning Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.

Meaning

Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty.

More Meanings

1. (of words or a way of speaking) Obscene, vulgar or abusive.
2. Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome.
3. Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust.
4. Unpleasant, stormy or rainy. (of the weather)
5. Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.
6. (nautical) Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear.
7. (obsolete) Ugly; homely; poor.

Example Sentences

A well is foul with polluted water.

The air was so foul nobody could breathe.

This cloth is too foul to use as a duster.

His foul hands got dirt all over the kitchen.

Word Forms

• fouler
• foulest
• foule
• fouls
• fouling
• fouled

Synonyms for foul

Depending on context, synonyms include shameful, odious, wretched, frightful, rank, befoul.

Antonyms for foul

Common opposites include fair, baste, unclog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dirty, unclean, filthy, soiled, pollute, nasty.

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