foul
v.
violate a rule (Sports); make dirty, pollute; become dirty, become polluted collide with; defile, make unholy; be defiled
fouled
Adjective
1. made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot"
(synonym) befouled
(similar) dirty, soiled, unclean
2. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
(synonym) afoul(ip), foul
(similar) tangled
foul
Noun
1. an act that violates of the rules of a sport
(hypernym) violation, infringement
(hyponym) foul ball
(classification) sport, athletics
Verb
1. hit a foul ball
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) foul out
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
(synonym) pollute, contaminate
(hypernym) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
(hyponym) infect, taint
3. become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
(synonym) clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke
(hypernym) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
(hyponym) gum up
4. commit a foul; break the rules
(hypernym) play
(hyponym) hack
5. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
(synonym) befoul, defile, maculate
(hypernym) dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame
6. make unclean; "foul the water"
(hypernym) dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
7. become soiled and dirty
(hypernym) change
Adjective
1. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a wicked stench"
(synonym) disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
(similar) offensive
2. offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell"
(synonym) fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, putrid, stinking
(similar) malodorous, malodourous
3. violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
(synonym) cheating(a), dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
(similar) unfair, unjust
4. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
(antonym) fair
(similar) out-of-bounds
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
5. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"
(synonym) dirty, marked-up
(similar) illegible
6. thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile) weather we're having"
(synonym) filthy, nasty, vile
(similar) inclement
(classification) colloquialism
7. characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
(synonym) filthy, nasty, smutty
(similar) dirty
8. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
(synonym) filthy, nasty
(similar) dirty, soiled, unclean
9. especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
(synonym) afoul(ip), fouled
(similar) tangled
Fouled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Foul
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
fouled
Synonyms and related words:
bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, blocked, bound, choked, choked up, clogged, clogged up, congested, constipated, costive, defiled, dirtied, drabbled, draggled, foul, full, infarcted, jammed, obstipated, obstructed, packed, plugged, plugged up, smirched, smudged, soiled, spotted, stained, stopped, stopped up, stuffed, stuffed up, sullied, tainted, tarnished
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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