| Sounds | faw'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afoul ... waterfowl: 13 rhymes with awl... | |
| Meaning | Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | disgusting, disgustful, distasteful, loathly, loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky | |
| Broader | offensive | unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
| Spanish | asquerosa, asqueroso, desagradable, despreciable, repugnante, repulsivo | |
| Catalan | desagradable, fastigós, menyspreable, repugnant, repulsiu | |
| Meaning | offensively malodorous. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a foul odor" | |
| Synonyms | fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, noisome, smelly, stinking, ill-scented | |
| Broader | malodorous, malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling, stinky | Having an unpleasant smell |
| Spanish | apestoso, fétido, hediondo, maloliente, nauseabundo, pestilente | |
| Catalan | fètid, olorós, pestilent, pudent | |
| Nouns | foulness | the attribute of having a strong offensive smell |
| Meaning | violating accepted standards or rules. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "used foul means to gain power" | |
| Synonyms | cheating, dirty, unsporting, unsportsmanlike | |
| Broader | unfair, unjust | not fair |
| Spanish | antideportivo, sucio | |
| Nouns | foulness | disgusting wickedness and immorality |
| Adverbs | foully | in an unfair and insulting manner |
| Meaning | (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | out-of-bounds | Outside the foul lines |
| Opposite | fair | (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines |
| Spanish | asqueroso | |
| Meaning | (of a manuscript) defaced with changes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "foul (or dirty) copy" | |
| Synonyms | dirty, marked-up | |
| Broader | illegible | (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible |
| Meaning | Characterized by obscenity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "foul language" | |
| Synonyms | cruddy, filthy, nasty, smutty | |
| Broader | dirty | (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency |
| Spanish | grosero, lascivo, libidinoso, luxurioso, obsceno, verde, vicioso | |
| Catalan | groller, lasciu, libidinós, luxuriós, obscè, verd, viciós | |
| Meaning | disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a foul pond" | |
| Synonyms | filthy, nasty | |
| Broader | dirty, soiled, unclean | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime |
| Spanish | asqueroso, guarro, inmundo, repugnante, sucio | |
| Catalan | asquerós, repugnant | |
| Nouns | foulness | a state characterized by foul or disgusting dirt and refuse |
| Meaning | especially of a ship's lines etc. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | afoul, fouled | |
| Broader | tangled | In a confused mass |
| Meaning | An act that violates the rules of a sport. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Narrower | foul ball | (baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not stay between the lines (the foul lines) that define the width of the playing field |
| personal foul | A foul that involves unnecessarily rough contact (as in basketball or football) | |
| technical foul, technical | (basketball) a foul that can be assessed on a player or a coach or a team for unsportsmanlike conduct | |
| Broader | violation, infringement | An act that disregards an agreement or a right |
| Catalan | falta | |
| Verbs | foul | commit a foul |
| foul | hit a foul ball | |
| Meaning | hit a foul ball. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | foul out | (baseball) hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Spanish | batear de foul | |
| Nouns | foul | an act that violates the rules of a sport |
| Meaning | make impure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | pollute, contaminate | |
| Narrower | infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Spanish | adulterar, contaminar, ensuciar, polucionar | |
| Catalan | adulterar, contaminar, embrutar | |
| Meaning | Become or cause to become obstructed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke | |
| Narrower | crap up | Become obstructed or chocked up |
| gum up | stick together as if with gum | |
| silt up, silt | Become chocked with silt | |
| stuff, lug, choke up, block | obstruct | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Opposite | unclog | Become or cause to become unobstructed |
| Spanish | asfixiar, atascar, atorar, atrancar, congestionar, empantanar, obstruir | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, embussar-se, embussar, empantanar, empantanegar-se, encallar-se, encallar, enfangar, obstruir, tapar-se | |
| Meaning | commit a foul; break the rules. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Narrower | hack | Kick on the shins |
| hack | Kick on the arms | |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
| Spanish | hacer falta | |
| Nouns | foul | an act that violates the rules of a sport |
| Meaning | Spot, stain, or pollute. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | befoul, defile, maculate | |
| Broader | dishonor, disgrace, dishonour, attaint, shame | Bring shame or dishonor upon |
| Spanish | contaminar, emporcar, ensuciar, macular, manchar, polucionar | |
| Catalan | embrutar, tacar | |
| Meaning | make unclean. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "foul the water" | |
| Broader | dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire | make soiled, filthy, or dirty |
| Spanish | contaminar, ensuciar | |
| Catalan | embrutar | |
| Meaning | Become soiled and dirty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Catalan | embrutar | |
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