Other Words for Foul

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Foul as a Adjective has these synonyms:

abusive, offensive, affronting, insulting, disparaging, maligning, thersitical, calumnious or calumniatory, aspersive, slanderous, defamatory, libellous, denigrating, derogatory, deprecatory or deprecative, depreciatory or depreciative, denunciatory
Example: Keep your foul tongue to yourself.

dirty, obscene, filthy, profane, scatological, gross, smutty, foul-mouthed, blue, licentious, salacious, lewd, indecent, improper, coarse, uncouth, vulgar, rude, scurrilous, rough, indelicate, immodest, risqué, off color, suggestive, bawdy, ribald
Example: My mother forbids my reading books containing foul language.

dirty, pollute, sully, befoul, defile, soil, contaminate, adulterate, taint
Example: Effluent from the factory was fouling the river.

dishonest, unfair, unjust, unsportsmanlike, dishonorable, fraudulent, underhand(ed), double-dealing, two-faced, corrupt, venal, dirty, treacherous, perfidious, traitorous, unscrupulous, crooked, shady, bent
Example: Thrupp will get his way by fair means or foul.

illegal, prohibited, forbidden, interdicted, not fair, dirty
Example: In boxing a hit below the belt is a foul blow.

nasty, dangerous, rough, disagreeable, unfavorable, sloppy, stormy, adverse, windy, blustery, snowy, sleety, wet, rainy
Example: We ran into a spot of foul weather at Dover.

obstructed, blocked, choked, stopped (up), plugged (up), clogged (up)
Example: The drain is foul with all that rubbish.

smelly, stinking, noisome, fetid or foetid, rank, evil-smelling, foul-smelling, malodorous, musty, mephitic, graveolent
Example: A foul odor emanated from the cabinet.

tangle, entangle, catch, snare, ensnare, enmesh, snag, snarl, jam, twist
Example: We can't hoist the mainsail because the halyard is fouled.

tangled, entangled, caught, ensnared, enmeshed, snarled
Example: A foul anchor is a common symbol.

wicked, vile, bad, base, abominable, low, sordid, iniquitous, evil, flagitious, atrocious, monstrous, nefarious, sinful, immoral, amoral, vicious, villainous, scandalous, infamous, dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful, ignominious, detestable
Example: They were finally brought to justice for their foul deeds.

Foul as a Verb has these synonyms:

afoul, in conflict, in trouble, in violation
Example: Curshaw has fallen foul of the law again.

disgrace, dishonour, sully, taint, besmirch, defile, soil, stain, smear, tarnish, blacken, denigrate, debase, degrade, abase, demean, disparage, defame, derogate, asperse, devaluate, depreciate, vitiate, belittle, discredit
Example: That act of treachery will foul the family name for generations.

filthy, unclean, nasty, polluted, putrid, putrescent, putrefactive or putrefacient, defiled, soiled, spoiled, rotten, decayed, decomposed, rancid, soured, turned, tainted, mouldy, impure, adulterated, contaminated, stale, bad
Example: The hamburger place was closed when public health inspectors found foul food in the freezer.

obstruct, block, choke, stop or plug or clog (up)
Example: Dead leaves fouled the downpipe.

offensive, loathsome, disgusting, obnoxious, revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, sickening, nauseous, nauseating, nasty, beastly, fulsome
Example: The bartender makes a foul concoction he swears will cure a hangover.

violation, infringement, infraction, illegality
Example: The Rangers' forward has already been charged with two fouls.

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