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foul
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- pronunciation:
- faUl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, verb
- phrases:
- foul up
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
part of speech: |
adjective |
inflections: |
fouler, foulest |
definition 1: |
very unpleasant to taste, smell, or look at.
What is that foul odor?
- synonyms:
- offensive, rank
- antonyms:
- delightful, fragrant, pleasant
- similar words:
- corrupt, decayed, decomposed, disgusting, loathsome, musty, nasty, obnoxious, spoiled
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definition 2: |
very dirty or muddy.
They found the poor old woman living in a foul apartment.- synonyms:
- dirty, filthy, muddy
- similar words:
- bedraggled, grubby, impure, polluted
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definition 3: |
stormy, windy, rainy, or otherwise dangerous or unpleasant.
The weather was so foul that the boat had to return to port.- synonyms:
- disagreeable, dreadful, rotten, stormy, terrible, unpleasant
- antonyms:
- fair, pleasant
- similar words:
- dirty, loathsome, rainy, wet
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definition 4: |
very bad; not fair; evil.
Kicking the puppy was a foul act.- synonyms:
- crooked, dirty, immoral, obscene, unfair
- similar words:
- abominable, coarse, corrupt, dishonest, indecent, nasty, shady, vulgar
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definition 5: |
falling outside of the lines that mark an area for fair play in a sport.
He hit a foul ball. |
related words: |
bad, base, horrible, obscene, out of bounds, outrageous, rank, ugly, vicious |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a failure to play by the rules of a game or sport.
The referee said that pushing is a foul.- similar words:
- breach
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definition 2: |
a ball hit outside of the lines that mark the area for fair play in baseball or softball; foul ball.
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part of speech: |
verb |
inflections: |
fouls, fouling, fouled |
definition 1: |
to make dirty or put dirt in or on.
He fouled his jeans in the mud.- synonyms:
- contaminate, dirty, pollute, soil
- similar words:
- poison, smudge
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definition 2: |
to entangle or catch.
She fouled her hair in the telephone cord.- synonyms:
- entangle, snarl, tangle
- similar words:
- snare
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definition 3: |
to commit a foul against in a game or sport.
He fouled me when I tried to shoot a basket. |
definition 4: |
to hit a foul ball in baseball or softball.
He fouled three times before he finally hit a fair ball. |
related words: |
dirty, entangle, soil, spoil |
phrase: |
foul up |
derivations: |
foully (adv.), foulness (n.) |
Are you looking for the word fowl (a bird). Foul and fowl sound alike but have different meanings.
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