Definition of Foul

Noun

• an act that violates the rules of a sport
  

Verb

• become soiled and dirty
  
• make unclean
  "foul the water"
  
• spot, stain, or pollute
  "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
  befoul defile maculate
• commit a foul
  break the rules
  
• become or cause to become obstructed
  "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"
  "The water pipe is backed up"
  clog - choke off - clog up - back up congest choke
• make impure
  "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
  pollute contaminate
• hit a foul ball
  

Adjective

• especially of a ship's lines etc
  "with its sails afoul"
  "a foul anchor"
  - afoul(ip) fouled
• disgustingly dirty
  filled or smeared with offensive matter
  "as filthy as a pigsty"
  "a foul pond"
  "a nasty pigsty of a room"
  filthy nasty
• characterized by obscenity
  "had a filthy mouth"
  "foul language"
  "smutty jokes"
  cruddy filthy nasty smutty
• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
  "foul (or dirty) copy"
  dirty - marked up
• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
  
• violating accepted standards or rules
  "a dirty fighter"
  "used foul means to gain power"
  "a nasty unsporting serve"
  "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
  cheating dirty unsporting unsportsmanlike
• offensively malodorous
  "a foul odor"
  "the kitchen smelled really funky"
  fetid foetid - foul smelling funky noisome smelly stinking - ill scented
• 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"
  disgusting disgustful distasteful loathly loathsome repellent repellant repelling revolting skanky wicked yucky

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Unscramble foul

8 unscramble word found using the letters foul.

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