foul (adj.)

  1. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

    foul (n.)

  1. an act that violates the rules of a sport

    foul (adj.)

  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

    [ Syn: disgusting , disgustful , distasteful , loathly , loathsome , repellent , repellant , repelling , revolting , skanky , wicked , yucky ]

  2. offensively malodorous; a foul odor; the kitchen smelled really funky

    [ Syn: fetid , foetid , foul-smelling , funky , noisome , smelly , stinking , ill-scented ]

  3. violating accepted standards or rules; a dirty fighter; used foul means to gain power; a nasty unsporting serve; fined for unsportsmanlike behavior

    [ Syn: cheating , dirty , unsporting , unsportsmanlike ]

  4. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; foul (or dirty) copy

    [ Syn: dirty , marked-up ]

  5. characterized by obscenity; had a filthy mouth; foul language; smutty jokes

    [ Syn: cruddy , filthy , nasty , smutty ]

  6. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; as filthy as a pigsty; a foul pond; a nasty pigsty of a room

    [ Syn: filthy , nasty ]

  7. especially of a ships lines etc; with its sails afoul; a foul anchor

    [ Syn: afoul , fouled ]

    foul (v.)

  1. hit a foul ball

  2. make impure; The industrial wastes polluted the lake

    [ Syn: pollute , contaminate ]

  3. become or cause to become obstructed; The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up

    [ Syn: clog , choke off , clog up , back up , congest , choke ]

  4. commit a foul; break the rules

  5. spot, stain, or pollute; The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it

    [ Syn: befoul , defile , maculate ]

  6. make unclean; foul the water'

  7. become soiled and dirty

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