Foul

//faʊl//

Synonyms for "foul" (851 found)

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Closest matches (171)

Verb(51 words)

befoul choke clog contaminate defile besmear besmirch bewray blacken blot blur dirty gunk up smear smirch spot stain sully tarnish asperse

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clog filthy fouled pollute shameful unsportsmanlike abase abeyant abhorrent abject abominable abuse abusive adulterate adulterated adverse affronting afoul amoral angry

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Adjective(3 words)

frightful clarty cod

Adjective(2 words)

afoul cheating

Strong matches (255)

Verb(41 words)

crap up cumber darken defame demonize denigrate deprave depreciate detract dirten discredit disgrace disparage disrepute diss drag through the mud elt enfoul enmesh ensnare

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ensnarl entangle file foil forgab forslow forwork gunk hamper hinder impede implicate imply infamize inquinate interfere interrupt intervene involve jam lampoon

crappy crash crash into criminal crooked cruddy crude crummy crump crunch crusty cursing cyclonic dam dam up damnable damnatory dangerous dark dash into

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dead debase debased decayed decomposed defalcate defamatory defame defile defiled degrade degraded demean denigrate denunciatory deplorable depraved deprecative deprecatory depreciate depreciative depreciatory derisive derisory derogate derogatory desecrate despicable detestable devaluate diabolic dire dirty disagreeable discredit disgrace disgraceful disgusting dishonest dishonor dishonorable disparage disparaging distasteful divert dopey dormant double-dealing dreadful dull dysphemistic egregious embezzle encounter enmesh enmeshed enormous ensnare ensnared entangle entangled entrap epithetic evil excommunicative excommunicatory execrable execratory fall foul of fecal feculent fescennine festering fetid fill fill up flagitious flagrant flat flyblown forbidden forbidding foul mouthed foul play foul smelling foul tongued foul up foul-mouthed foul-spoken foul-tongued fraudulent frightful frowsty frowy frowzy full fulminatory fulsome funky fusty gamy gangrened gangrenous ghastly gloppy gone bad goof up grave graveolent grievous grime grisly groggy gross grubby gruesome gunky harmful harpoon hate hateful heavy heinous hench hideous high hit hit against hook horrible horrid hurt hurtle icky ignoble ignominious ill-smelling illegal illegality immodest immoral impinge imprecatory improper impure in abeyance in suspense in trouble inactive indecent indelicate inert infamous infarcted infect infraction infringement iniquitous injure injurious insalubrious insanitary insulting interdicted invective ithyphallic jam jammed knavish knock knock against lamentable land languid languorous lasso latent

Adjective(12 words)

cruddy dirty disgustful disgusting distasteful fetid filthy foetid foul-smelling fouled funky ill-scented

Adjective(5 words)

gooey grim illegible inclement incompetent

Related words (425)

leaden lewd licentious lifeless little loathsome logy louse up lousy low low down low-down lumpen lurid maggoty maladminister maledictory maligning malodorous mangy

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marked up mawkish mean measly meet mephitic mesh mess mess up miasmal miasmic mildewed mildewy misapply misappropriate misemploy miserable mishandle mismanage misuse moldy monstrous morbific mortified mouldy muck up mucky muff murk murky musty nail nasty naughty nauseant nauseating nauseous necrosed necrotic nefarious net nidorous noisome noose not cricket not fair notorious noxious objectionable objurgatory obnoxious obscene obstipate obstipated obstruct obstructed odious odorous off off color offensive olid ordurous out of bounds outrageous overripe pack packed paltry passive pathogenic paw peccant peculate percuss perfidious pervert perverted pestiferous petty phlegmatic pilfer pitiable pitiful plug plug up plugged plugged up poisonous poky polluted poor pornographic profane prohibited prostitute prurient puky putrefacient putrefactive putrefied putrescent putrid rabelaisian raging rainy rancid rank raunchy raw reasty reasy rebarbative reechy reeking reeky regrettable repellent repelling reprehensible reprobate reptilian repugnant repulsive revolting ribald risque rope rotten rotting rough rude ruin run into sack sad salacious scabby scandalous scatologic scatological schlock scornful screw up scrubby scruffy scummy scurfy scurrile scurrilous scurvy seamy sedentary septic sexy shabby shady shitty shocking shoddy sickening sideswipe sinful slabby slack slam slam into slanderous slatternly sleeping sleety slimy sloppy sloshy sludgy sluggish slumbering slushy smack smack into small smash smash into smash up smear smellful smelling smelly smirch smoking-room smoldering smooch smudge smutty snafu snag snare snarl snarled sniggle snowy soil soiled soily sordid soured spear sphacelated spile spoil spoiled sposhy squalid stagnant stain stale stanch standing static stay stench stenchy stinking stop stop up stopped stopped up stopper stopple storming stormy strike strike against strong stuff stuff up stuffed stuffed up stuffy suggestive sulfurous sully sultry suppurating suppurative suspended taint tainted take tame tangle tangle up with tangled tarnish tempestuous terrible too bad tornadic torpid traitorous trap treacherous turbulent turned twist two-faced typhonic typhoonish ugly ulcerated unaroused unchaste unclean uncleanly uncouth underhanded unfair unfairness unfavorable unforgivable unhealthful unhealthy unhygienic unjust unmentionable unpardonable unprintable unrepeatable unsanitary unscrupulous unspeakable unsporting unsportsmanlikeness unsportsmanliness unsportsmanly unwholesome unworthy venal vicious vile villainous violate violation violence vitiate vituperative vomity vulgar weevily wet whomp wicked windy woeful wormy worsen worst worthless wretched wrong yecchy yucky

Verb(53 words)

libel maculate malign mat monsterize muddy obstruct obturate occlude plug pollute ravel reproach revile roadblock scandal scunge seal shit talk shit-talk

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Adjective(17 words)

loathly loathsome marked-up nasty noisome repellant repellent repelling revolting skanky smelly smutty stinking unsporting unsportsmanlike wicked yucky

Adjective(13 words)

munted negative odious peak rank rubbish rueful scabrous shameful unpleasant unutterable wretched yechy

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

23 entries

attaint begrime bemire block change close up colly dirty disgrace dishonor dishonour grime hit impede infringement jam

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Antonyms

1 entries

fair

Synonyms

10 entries

clog cruddy distasteful filthy foul smelling fouled marked up pollute shameful unsportsmanlike

Related terms

1 entries

foul fish

derived

50 entries

afoul antifoul befoul biofoul biofouling by fair means or foul cry foul fall foul foul anchor foul berth foul bill of health foul feeder foul language foul line foul marten foul one's own nest

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distinct from

2 entries

fair goal

etymologically related_to

1 entries

putrid

has context

6 entries

baseball basketball bowling nautical sport sports

is a

1 entries

violation

manner of

5 entries

change dirty dishonor hit play

related to

54 entries

abusive bad bad smell baseball baseball out basketball basketball error basketball penalty besmirch bird bird group breach call chicken clear clog

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similar

15 entries

dirty ill-smelling illegible malodorous malodourous offensive out of bounds out-of-bounds soiled stinky tangled unclean unfair unjust unpleasant-smelling

Translations

249 translations across 32 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

مُخَالَفَة noun (offence in sports)

Basque

1 entries

falta noun (offence in sports)

Bulgarian

4 entries

замърсен adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
мръсен adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
неблагоприятен adj (not favorable; unpropitious)
неприличен adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)

Catalan

1 entries

falta noun (offence in sports)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

污濁 /污浊 adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
污穢 /污秽 adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)

Czech

1 entries

faul noun (offence in sports)

Dutch

2 entries

besmeuren verb (besmirch)
verstoppen verb (clog or obstruct)

Estonian

1 entries

vastik noun (offence in sports)

Finnish

4 entries

epäpuhdas adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
häijy adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
häpeällinen adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
iljettävä adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)

French

4 entries

indécent adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)
répugnant adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
souillé adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
faute noun (offence in sports)

Galician

4 entries

porco adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
sucio adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
emporcar verb (make dirty)
enfouzar verb (make dirty)

German

4 entries

abscheulich adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
abstoßend adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
arm adj (ugly; homely; poor)
einfach adj (ugly; homely; poor)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)

Greek

1 entries

φάουλ noun (offence in sports)

Hungarian

2 entries

falt noun (offence in sports)
szabálytalanság noun (offence in sports)

Italian

4 entries

disgustoso adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
nauseante adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
ripugnante adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
fallo noun (offence in sports)

Japanese

1 entries

ファウル noun (offence in sports)

Korean

1 entries

파울 noun (offence in sports)

Latin

4 entries

foedus adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)
foedus adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
foedus adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
foedō verb (besmirch)

Middle English

4 entries

foul adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
foul adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)
foul adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
foul adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)

Māori

2 entries

hapa noun (offence in sports)
hapa noun (offence in sports)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

مردار adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
پیس adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)

Persian

2 entries

خطا noun (offence in sports)
فول noun (offence in sports)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

ful adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
ful adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)

Polish

4 entries

faul noun (offence in sports)
faulować verb (make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage)
faulować verb (hit outside of the baselines)
faulować verb (commit a foul)

Portuguese

2 entries

detestável adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)
falta noun (offence in sports)

Russian

4 entries

безобра́зный adj (ugly; homely; poor)
вульга́рный adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)
га́дкий adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
га́дкий adj (hateful; detestable; shameful; wretched)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

caca adj (covered with, or containing, extraneous matter)
caca adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)

Spanish

4 entries

apestoso adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
fétido adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)
grosero adj (scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive)
hediondo adj (repulsive; disgusting; repugnant)

Swahili

1 entries

fauli noun (offence in sports)

Swedish

4 entries

foul noun (offence in sports)
regelbrott noun (offence in sports)
regelöverträdelse noun (offence in sports)
befläcka verb (besmirch)

Turkish

1 entries

faul noun (offence in sports)

Sample sentences

55 total sentences available.

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No love is foul nor prison fair.

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You have foul breath.

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It's foul of you to have concealed it.

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The air in this room is foul.

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