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/foul/
adjective
  1. offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being unpleasantly soiled.
    "a foul odor"
    synonyms: disgusting, revolting, repellent, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, detestable, awful, dreadful, horrible, terrible, horrendous, hideous, appalling, atrocious, vile, abominable, frightful, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, off-putting, uninviting, unpalatable, unappetizing, unsavory, distasteful, nasty, obnoxious, objectionable, odious, noxious, evil-smelling, foul-smelling, smelly, stinking, high, rank, rancid, fetid, malodorous, vomitous, ghastly, horrid, gruesome, godawful, gross, diabolical, putrid, yucky, icky, grotty, sick-making, gut-churning, beastly, whiffy, pongy, niffy, lousy, skanky, funky, on the nose, noisome, mephitic, disgustful, loathly, miasmic, miasmal, olid, dirty, filthy, mucky, grimy, grubby, stained, dirt-encrusted, muddy, muddied, unclean, unwashed, squalid, sordid, shabby, sleazy, soiled, sullied, scummy, rotten, defiled, decaying, putrefied, cruddy, manky, gungy, befouled, besmirched, begrimed, feculent
  2. wicked or immoral.
    "murder most foul"
    synonyms: evil, wicked, sinful, immoral, wrong, morally wrong, wrongful, bad, iniquitous, corrupt, ungodly, unholy, irreligious, unrighteous, sacrilegious, profane, blasphemous, impious, base, mean, vile, villainous, nefarious, erring, fallen, impure, sullied, tainted, monstrous, shocking, outrageous, atrocious, abominable, reprehensible, hateful, detestable, despicable, odious, contemptible, horrible, heinous, execrable, godless, diabolical, diabolic, fiendish, vicious, murderous, barbarous, dark, perverted, reprobate, sordid, depraved, degenerate, dissolute, dishonorable, dishonest, unscrupulous, unprincipled, underhand, roguish, criminal, illicit, unlawful, illegal, illegitimate, lawless, crooked, bent, warped, lowdown, stinking, dirty, shady, rascally, scoundrelly, beastly, not cricket, malfeasant, dastardly, peccable, egregious, flagitious
  3. containing or charged with noxious matter; polluted.
    "foul, swampy water"
    synonyms: contaminated, polluted, adulterated, infected, tainted, defiled, impure, filthy, dirty, unclean, feculent
  4. (of the weather) wet and stormy.
    "he walked in fair and foul weather"
    synonyms: inclement, unpleasant, disagreeable, dirty, nasty, rough, bad, stormy, squally, gusty, windy, blustery, blowy, wild, rainy, wet, foggy, misty, gloomy, murky, overcast, louring

noun
  1. (in sports) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.
    synonyms: unfair, against the rules, illegal, unsporting, unsportsmanlike, below the belt, dirty, dishonorable, dishonest, underhand, unscrupulous, unjust, unprincipled, immoral, crooked, fraudulent, shady
  2. a disease in the feet of cattle.
    "he was indeed suffering from foul of the foot"

adverb
unfairly; contrary to the rules.

verb
  1. make foul or dirty; pollute.
    "factories that fouled the atmosphere"
    synonyms: dirty, soil, stain, blacken, muddy, begrime, splash, spatter, smear, befoul, besmirch, blight, defile, make filthy, infect, pollute, contaminate, poison, taint, adulterate, sully, besmear
  2. (in sports) commit a foul against (an opponent).
  3. collide with or obstruct.
    "the ships became overcrowded and fouled each other"

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