Foul
Pronunciation of Foul
/fˈa͡ʊl/, /fˈaʊl/, /f_ˈaʊ_l/
Antonyms for foul:
clear, incorrupt, lovable, pure, good, clean, purify, untangled, inoffensive, fair, sweet, sanctify, fragrant, legible.
Synonyms for foul:
Sense 1
ground out, odorous, horsepower, turbine, Two-cycle, ensnarl, Reeky, two-stroke, collision, scatologic, pinch-hit, bunt, Fescennine, Despisable, onside, raunchy.
Sense 2
bawdy, bat, barnyard, despicable, contemptible, ribald, detestable, freestyle, abhorrent, flooded, rancid, liter, backhanded, obnoxious, rank, shameful, offside, bleak, mephitic.
Sense 3
engine, wretched, steal, pop up, infamous, horrid, scurrilous, antipathetic.
Sense 4
lewd, mess up, vulgar, retire, profane, muck up, triple, balk.
Sense 5
coarse, sacrifice.
Sense 6
low, strike out.
Sense 7
Sense 8
single, tag.
Sense 9
Sense 14
pitch.
Sense 15
Sense 19
track.
Sense 20
bestial
dirty
filthy
ill-favored
ugly.
squalid
unfair
belt.
Other synonyms and related words:
dreadful, ribald, nauseating, abominable, low, fouled, detestable, obnoxious, noxious, awful, fulsome, clog up, abhorrent, scandalous, black, shameful, gross, horrible, pornographic, vile, noisome, shocking, afoul, infamous, wretched, sickening, contemptible, bawdy, despicable, horrid, low-down, stagnant, unprintable, rank, lewd, rotten.
abominable (adjective)
beastly, odious, contemptible, repugnant, obnoxious, bad, atrocious, wretched, reprehensible, horrible, disgusting, awful, lousy, terrible.
atrocious (adjective)
appalling, sickening, dreadful.
base (adjective)
mean, corrupt, ugly, sordid, trashy.
dirty (adjective)
slovenly, grimy, unclean, cruddy, mucky, black, begrimed.
dishonest (adjective)
evil (adjective)
destructive, reprehensible, sinful, baneful, damnable, evil, detrimental, repellent, wicked, terrible, offensive, disgraceful, sinister, repulsive, calamitous, abominable, hideous, heinous, nefarious, loathsome, atrocious, monstrous, bad, revolting, repugnant.
foul (adjective)
icky, repulsive, heinous, coarse, abhorrent, scandalous, abominable, dirty, malodorous, raunchy, obscene, noisome, squalid, stinking, nefarious, loathsome, unfair, unjust, horrid, wicked, sullied, lewd, offensive, smutty, indecent, monstrous, scatological, hateful, polluted, impure, disgraceful, low, rotten, repellent, scurrilous, yucky, putrid, revolting, nasty, vile, despicable, profane, unclean, infamous, fetid, shameful, mucky, vicious, inequitable, nauseating, filthy, detestable.
foul-smelling (adjective)
impure (adjective)
malevolent (adjective)
hateful, corrosive, nasty, rancorous, antagonistic, malevolent, perfidious, vindictive, Black-hearted, mean, catty, virulent, sullen, malicious, hostile, hurtful, evil, sinister, baleful, baneful, vicious, wicked, venomous, churlish, bitter, spiteful, malignant, ill-natured, treacherous.
mephitic (adjective)
obscene (adjective)
gross, scatologic.
offensive (adjective)
revolting (adjective)
stinking (adjective)
Stenchy.
unclean (adjective)
crummy, icky, smutty, unsanitary, scatological, fetid, mucky, putrid, sloppy, unhygenic, squalid, grungy, toxic, dingy, scruffy, festering, slovenly, disgusting, grimy, untidy, shabby, sordid, dirty, muddy, odious, insalubrious, defiled, impure, infectious, murky, septic, dusty, grubby, offensive, filthy, unclean, obscene.
uncleanly (adjective)
unhealthy (adjective)
unwholesome.
unjust (adjective)
one-sided, unfair, partial, unjustifiable, uneven, inequitable, biased, venal, unjust, prejudiced, partisan, discriminatory, unequal, unsportsmanlike.
wicked (adjective)
yucky (adjective)
yucky, skanky.
beastly (adverb)
Sense 2 (noun)
Sense 4 (noun)
Sense 5 (noun)
defensive, Reeky, onside, mephitic, front, freestyle, offside, backhanded.
disgusting (noun)
rank.
foul (noun)
disgustful, repellent, defile, befoul, afoul, skanky, back up, choke off, funky, putrid, marked-up, malodorous, tangled, unclean, maculate, foul-smelling, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, dirty, yucky, unfair, foetid, nasty, stinking, distasteful, illegible, smelly, contaminate, noisome, disgusting, clog, fouled, revolting, repellant, smutty, out of bounds, pollute, repelling, loathly, wicked, cheating, offensive, unjust, filthy, clog up, soiled, inclement, vile, fetid, loathsome, congest, choke.
foul play (noun)
clog, choke, catch, dirty, defile, taint, entangle, muddy, blacken, jam, stain, obstruct, block, snarl, sully, tangle, soil, contaminate, pollute.
contaminated (verb)
polluted.
dirty (verb)
dirty, befoul, stain, muddy, streak, besmirch, smudge, smirch, contaminate, soil, taint, sully, tarnish, putrefy, defile, smear, pollute.
foul (verb)
tarnish, soil, choke, snarl, clog, smear, defile, stain, jam, catch, besmirch, block, sully, taint, contaminate, entangle, smudge, befoul, pollute, begrime.
hinder (verb)
congest, frustrate, handicap, check, stay, entrap, jam, choke, baffle, crimp, bottleneck, block, plug, delay, cripple, encumber, impede, impair, mire, bung, cramp, brake, restrict, burden, constrain, constipate, oppose, hinder, bar, restrain, fetter, entangle, dam, obstruct, deter, drag, hamstring, curb, snarl, inhibit, detain, hamper, resist, snag, tangle, counter, interrupt, paralyze, complicate, thwart, clog, catch, stop.
Usage examples for foul:
- Could she live in the foul air that poured forth from that dismal mouth? - "Castle Craneycrow", George Barr McCutcheon.
- I only say that I have a horrible suspicion that there has been foul play. - "The Mynns' Mystery", George Manville Fenn.
- Is there evidence of foul play? - "Anderson Crow, Detective", George Barr McCutcheon.