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Definition & Synonyms
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• Foul
- (superl.) Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
- (n.) See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
- (superl.) Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
- (superl.) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ships bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
- (n.) An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
- (v. t.) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
- (n.) A bird.
- (v. i.) To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something; as, the two boats fouled.
- (superl.) Ugly; homely; poor.
- (superl.) Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
- (v. t.) To entangle, so as to impede motion; as, to foul a rope or cable in paying it out; to come into collision with; as, one boat fouled the other in a race.
- (v. i.) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
- (superl.) Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
- (superl.) Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
- (v. t.) To cover (a ships bottom) with anything that impered its sailing; as, a bottom fouled with barnacles.
- (v. t.) To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil; as, to foul the face or hands with mire.
- (superl.) Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
- (n.) In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
Synonyms:
Afoul, Befoul, Cheating, Choke, Clog, Congest, Contaminate, Defile, Dirty, Disgustful, Disgusting, Distasteful, Fetid, Filthy, Fouled, Funky, Loathly, Loathsome, Maculate, Nasty, Noisome, Pollute, Putrid, Repellent, Repelling, Revolting, Smutty, Stinking, Vile, Wicked,
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• Foulder
- (v. i.) To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
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• Foul-mouthed
- (a.) Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.
Synonyms:
Foul-spoken,
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Bailment, Apostate, Returnd, Reproach, Struggling, Funky, Hire, Waterlogging, Grasp, Consent, Solidarity, Fond, Resident, Initially, Guilty, Illiteracy, Startle, Shipping, Sorrow, Home Economics, Compliment, Stripp, Swamped, Fascina, Ovulation, Meticul, Epic, Pleading, Shroud, Asha, Obliged, Diminutive, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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