foul

/faʊl/ verbadjectivenoun
4 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS16
VERB
1

Become or cause to become obstructed.

2

Become soiled and dirty.

3

Commit a foul; break the rules.

4

Hit a foul ball.

5

Make unclean.

“foul the water”

6

Make impure.

7

Spot, stain, or pollute.

ADJECTIVE
1

Characterized by obscenity.

“foul language”

2

(of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines.

3

(of a manuscript) defaced with changes.

“foul (or dirty) copy”

4

Violating accepted standards or rules.

“used foul means to gain power”

5

Offensively malodorous.

“a foul odor”

6

Disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter.

“a foul pond”

7

Especially of a ship's lines etc.

“with its sails afoul”

“a foul anchor”

8

Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.

NOUN
1

An act that violates the rules of a sport.

WORD FORMS
Related formfoulness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®9 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinoulfay
Starts & ends withF … L
Syllablesfoul
SYNONYMS & RELATED57
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