1. (noun)
foul
an act that violates the rules of a sport
2. (adj)
disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky
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"
3. (adj)
fetid, foetid, foul, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented
offensively malodorous
"a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"
4. (adj)
cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike
violating accepted standards or rules
"a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
5. (adj)
foul
(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
6. (adj)
dirty, foul, marked-up
(of a manuscript) defaced with changes
"foul (or dirty) copy"
7. (adj)
cruddy, filthy, foul, nasty, smutty
characterized by obscenity
"had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"
8. (adj)
filthy, foul, nasty
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
"as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room"
9. (adj)
afoul(ip), foul, fouled
especially of a ship's lines etc
"with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor"
10. (verb)
foul
hit a foul ball
11. (verb)
pollute, foul, contaminate
make impure
"The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
12. (verb)
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
become or cause to become obstructed
"The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
13. (verb)
foul
commit a foul; break the rules
14. (verb)
foul, befoul, defile, maculate
spot, stain, or pollute
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
15. (verb)
foul
make unclean
"foul the water"
16. (verb)
foul
become soiled and dirty
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Definition of 'foul'
