Foul
51foul — 1. adjective /faʊl/ a) Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; …
52foul — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blatant (esp. BrE), clear (BrE), deliberate, flagrant (AmE), nasty (esp. BrE) ▪ hard, offensive, personal …
53foul — an·ti·foul·ing; be·foul; foul; foul·ly; foul·ness; foul·some; un·foul; an·ti·foul·ant; foul·mart; …
54foul up — verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑bot …
55foul — I adv. 1) see afoul 2) to fall foul of (to fall foul of the law) II n. 1) to commit a foul 2) a personal; team; technical foul III v. (esp. basketball) (D; intr.) to foul out of (to foul out of a game) * * * [ faul] …
56foul — 1. adjective 1) a foul stench Syn: disgusting, revolting, repulsive, repugnant, abhorrent, loathsome, offensive, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, stomach churning, stomach turning, distasteful, obnoxious, objectionable, odious …
57foul — {{11}}foul (adj.) O.E. ful rotten, unclean, vile, corrupt, offensive to the senses, from P.Gmc. *fulaz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., ful, M.Du. voul, Du. vuil, O.H.G. fül, Ger. faul, Goth. füls), from root *fu , corresponding to PIE *pu , perhaps from the… …
58foul — 1. to defecate in an unacceptable place Usually of dogs on carpets or pavements, but occasionally of humans: Who had fouled his home? (Boyd, 1982 troops had defecated everywhere in a house) To foul yourself is to defecate or vomit in …
59foul — [faʊl] adj I 1) very dirty, or very unpleasant a foul smell[/ex] 2) if someone has a foul TEMPER or is in a foul mood, they are very angry • fall foul of to do something that annoys someone or breaks a rule[/ex] II verb foul [faʊl] 1) [I/T] to… …
60foul — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Rabelaisian, abase, abeyant, abhorrent, abject, abominable, abuse, abusive, adulterate, adulterated, adverse, affronting, afoul, amoral, angry, apathetic, arrant, asperse, atrocious, awful, bad, bad for,… …
