disgusting wickedness and immorality; he understood the foulness of sin; his display of foulness deserved severe punishment; mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed'
a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse
[ Syn: filth , filthiness , nastiness ]
(of weather) the badness of the weather; they were wearied with the foulness of the weather
[ Syn: raininess ]
the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
[ Syn: malodorousness , stinkiness , rankness , fetidness ]