foul
/faʊl/
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty; Obscene, vulgar or abusive; Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome
- comparative
- fouler
- superlative
- foulest
Meanings
- 1
Covered with, or containing unclean matter; dirty
He uses foul language whenever he gets angry.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
The air in this room is foul.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Obscene, vulgar or abusive
- 3
Detestable, unpleasant, loathsome
- 4
Disgusting, repulsive; causing disgust
- 5
Ugly; homely; poor
- 6
Unpleasant, stormy or rainy — of the weather
- 7
Dishonest or not conforming to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc
- 8
Entangled and therefore restricting free movement, not clear
- 9
(with "of") Positioned on, in, or near enough to (a specified area) so as to obstruct it
- 10
Outside of the base lines; in foul territoryrare