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foul (foul)

adj. foul·er, foul·est

1. Offensive to the senses; revolting.

2. Having an offensive odor; smelly.

3. Rotten or putrid: foul meat.

a. Full of dirt or mud; dirty. See Synonyms at dirty.

b. Full of impurities; polluted: foul air.

5. Morally detestable; wicked: foul deeds.

6. Of a vulgar or obscene nature: foul language.

7. Very disagreeable or displeasing; horrid: a foul movie.

8. Bad or unfavorable: in fair weather or foul.

9. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable: used foul means to gain power.

10.

a. Sports Contrary to the rules of a game or sport: a foul boxing punch.

b. Baseball Outside the foul lines: a foul fly ball.

11. Entangled or twisted: a foul anchor.

12. Clogged or obstructed; blocked: a foul ventilator shaft.

13. Archaic Ugly; unattractive.

1. Abbr. F

a. Sports An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.

b. Baseball A foul ball.

2. An entanglement or a collision.

3. An instance of clogging or obstructing.

adv.

In a foul manner.

v. fouled, foul·ing, fouls

v.tr.

1. To make dirty or foul; pollute. See Synonyms at contaminate.

2. To bring into dishonor; besmirch.

3. To clog or obstruct.

4. To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).

5. Nautical To encrust (a ship's hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.

a. Sports To commit a foul against.

b. Baseball To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.

v.intr.

1. To become foul.

a. Sports To commit a foul.

b. Baseball To hit a ball outside the foul lines: fouled twice and then struck out; fouled out to the catcher.

3. To become entangled or twisted: The anchor line fouled on a rock.

4. To become clogged or obstructed.

Phrasal Verbs:

foul out

Sports To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.

foul up

To blunder or cause to blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment.

[Middle English, from Old English fl; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

foully adv.

foulness n.

foul

Adjective

1. offensive or loathsome: a foul deed

2. stinking or dirty

3. full of dirt or offensive matter

4. (of language) obscene or vulgar

5. unfair: by fair or foul means

6. (of weather) unpleasant

7. very bad-tempered and irritable: he was in a foul mood

8. Informal disgustingly bad

Noun

Sport a violation of the rules

Verb

1. to make dirty or polluted

2. to make or become entangled

3. to make or become clogged

4. Sport to commit a foul against (an opponent)

Adverb

fall foul of to come into conflict with [Old English fūl]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	foul - an act that violates the rules of a sport 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 athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition infringement, violation - an act that disregards an agreement or a right; "he claimed a violation of his rights under the Fifth Amendment" 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; does not usually involve physical contact during play
Verb	1.	foul - hit a foul ball baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" foul out - baseball: hit a ball such that it is caught from an out in foul territory hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
	2.	foul - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" contaminate, pollute infect, taint - contaminate with a disease or microorganism begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
	3.	foul - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" clog, clog up, congest, choke off, back up, choke gum up - stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" crap up - become obstructed or chocked up; "The drains clogged up" choke up, lug, stuff, block - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" silt, silt up - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"
	4.	foul - commit a foul; break the rules play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" hack - kick on the shins hack - kick on the arms
	5.	foul - spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it" befoul, maculate, defile attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame - bring shame or dishonor upon; "he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime"
	6.	foul - make unclean; "foul the water" begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil - make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"
	7.	foul - become soiled and dirty change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
Adj.	1.	foul - 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" loathly, repelling, revolting, skanky, disgustful, disgusting, yucky, distasteful, loathsome, repellant, repellent, wicked offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
	2.	foul - offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky" fetid, foetid, foul-smelling, funky, ill-scented, smelly, stinking, noisome ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
	3.	foul - violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" unsporting, unsportsmanlike, cheating, dirty unfair, unjust - not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"
	4.	foul - (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" fair - (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines; "he hit a fair ball over the third base bag"
	5.	foul - (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy" marked-up, dirty illegible - (of handwriting, print, etc.) not legible; "illegible handwriting"
	6.	foul - characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes" cruddy, smutty, filthy, nasty dirty - (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"
	7.	foul - disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of a room" filthy, nasty dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
	8.	foul - especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a foul anchor" afoul, fouled tangled - in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

foul

adjective 1. dirty, rank, offensive, nasty, disgusting, unpleasant, revolting, contaminated, rotten, polluted, stinking, filthy, tainted, grubby, repellent, squalid, repulsive, sullied, grimy, nauseating, loathsome, unclean, impure, grotty (slang) fetid, grungy (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. putrid, malodorous, noisome, scuzzy (slang), chiefly U.S. mephitic, olid, yucky or yukky (slang) festy Austral. (slang) yucko Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE clean

adjective 2. obscene, crude, indecent, foul-mouthed, low, blue, dirty, gross, abusive, coarse, filthy, vulgar, lewd, profane, blasphemous, scurrilous, smutty, scatological

adjective 3. stormy, bad, wild, rough, wet, rainy, murky, foggy, disagreeable, blustery

adjective 4. unfair, illegal, dirty, crooked, shady (informal) fraudulent, unjust, dishonest, unscrupulous, underhand, inequitable, unsportsmanlike

adjective 5. offensive, bad, base, wrong, evil, notorious, corrupt, vicious, infamous, disgraceful, shameful, vile, immoral, scandalous, wicked, sinful, despicable, heinous, hateful, abhorrent, egregious, abominable, dishonourable, nefarious, iniquitous, detestable << OPPOSITE admirable

verb 6. dirty, soil, stain, contaminate, smear, pollute, taint, sully, defile, besmirch, smirch, begrime, besmear << OPPOSITE clean

verb 7. clog, block, jam, choke

verb 8. entangle, catch, twist, snarl, ensnare, tangle up

Translations

foul [faul] adj (gen) → sucio, puerco; [weather, smell etc] → asqueroso

n (FOOTBALL) → falta

vt (= dirty) → ensuciar (= block); atascar (= entangle) [+ anchor, propeller] → atascar, enredarse en [+ football player]; cometer una falta contra

foul [faul] adj [weather, smell, food] → infect(e); [language] → ordurier/ière; [deed] → infâme

n (Football) → faute f

vt (= dirty) → salir, encrasser [+ football player]; commettre une faute sur (= entangle) [+ anchor, propeller] → emmêler;

he's got a foul temper → il a un caractère de chien

foul [faul] adj → abscheulich;

(taste, smell, temper) → übel;

(water) → faulig;

(air) → schlecht;

(language) → unflätig

n (Sport) → Foul nt

vt → beschmutzen;

(Sport) → foulen;

(entangle) → sich verheddern in +dat

foul [faul] adj [smell, food] → cattivo/a; [weather] → brutto/a, orribile; [language] → osceno/a; [deed] → infame

n (FOOTBALL) → fallo

vt → sporcare [+ football player]; commettere un fallo su (= entangle) [+ anchor, propeller] → impigliarsi in

foul

adj foul [faul]

1 (especially of smell or taste) causing disgust a foul smell. onaangename فاسِد، كريه отвратителен hnusný, páchnoucí modbydelig; afskyelig faul απαίσιος, αηδιαστικός, βρομερός asqueroso, fétido jälk متعفن yököttävä infect מַבחִיל बदबूदार neugodan, smrdljiv rossz szagú menjijikkan fúll, viðbjóðslegur cattivo むかつくような 역겨운 bjaurus (par garšu, smaku) riebīgs; pretīgs menjijikkan vies illeluktende, stinkende wstrętny, paskudny ruim scabros отвратительный hnusný gnusen neprijatan dålig, skämd น่ารังเกียจ iğrenç 難聞的 смердючий بدبودار hôi hám; hôi thối 难闻的

2 very unpleasant; nasty a foul mess. smerige غير مُريح، سيِّء، معاكِس неприятен odporný modbydelig; afskyelig schmutzig αηδιαστικός, άθλιος, βρομερός horrible jäle کثیف؛ ناپسند yököttävä dégoûtant מַגעִיל अभद्र prljav, neugodan undorító menjijikkan andstyggilegur ripugnante 不潔な 불쾌한, 지저분한 šlykštus smirdošs; nekrietns; piesārņots tidak menyenangkan vies ekkel, motbydelig wstrętny, okropny desagradável dezgustător мерзкий odporný grd gadan otäck, äcklig น่าขยะแขยง berbat 極不愉快的 гидкий ناخوشگوار khó chịu; bực mình 极不愉快的

an action etc which breaks the rules of a game The other team committed a foul. vuil spel مُخالفَه لِقوانين اللعب нарушение faul forseelse das Foul φάουλ, αντικανονική ενέργεια falta viga خطا virhe coup interdit עֲבֵירָה नियम का उल्लंघन faul, prekršaj szabálysértés, szabálytalanság; személyi hiba pelanggaran brot fallo, infrazione 反則 파울, 반칙 pražanga spēles noteikumu pārkāpums langgar peraturan overtreding ureglementert spill, straffespark, juks nieczysta gra, faul falta infracţiune нарушение (правил игры) faul prekršek faul regelbrott, ojuste spel การโกง faul, kural dışı hareket 犯規 нечесна гра قاعدے اور ضابطے کے بر عکس، دھاندلی hành động phạm luật của một trò chơi 犯规

1 to break the rules of a game (against) He fouled his opponent. vuilspel speel يُخالِف قوانين اللعب правя нарушение faulovat bryde reglerne foulen κάνω φάουλ cometer una falta contra ebaausaid võtteid kasutama خطا کردن rikkoa sääntöjä commettre une faute contre בִּיצוּע עֲבֵירָה उलझ जाना napraviti prekršaj szabálytalanságot követ el melanggar brjóta á commettere un fallo 反則する 반칙하다 prasižengti pārkāpt spēles noteikumus; spēlēt negodīgi melanggar een overtreding begaan (tegenover) bryte spillereglene faulować cometer uma falta a faulta; a încălca regulamentul нарушать правила игры faulovať napraviti prekršek faulirati spela ojuste mot คดโกง faul yapmak 對...犯規 нечесно грати کھیل کے قاعدے توڑنا chơi trái luật 对...犯规

2 to make dirty, especially with faeces Dogs often foul the pavement. bevuil يُلَوِّث، يُوَسِّخ замърсявам znečistit svine til verschmutzen βρομίζω (συν. με περιττώματα) ensuciar reostama کثیف کردن liata souiller לְזָהֵם दूषित करना zaprljati, zablatiti bepiszkít mengotori óhreinka sporcare, insozzare 汚す 더럽히다 teršti notraipīt; piesārņot; piegružot mengotorkan bevuilen grise/skitne til zanieczyszczać sujar a murdări загрязнять znečistiť onečediti zaprljati förorena อุจจาระเรี่ยราด pisletmek 弄髒 забруднити گندا کرنا làm bẩn cái gì 弄脏

foul play

a criminal act, especially involving murder A man has been found dead and the police suspect foul play. vuilspel جَريمَة قَتْل убийство zločin forbrydelse; uærligt spil das Verbrechen εγκληματική ενέργεια hecho delictivo must lugu, kuritöö جنایت kiero peli, rikos crime מַעֲשֶׂה רֶצַח अनुचित खेल nepošten postupak (igra), kriminal gazság kejahatan glæpur omicidio 犯罪 타살, (보복) 살인 nešvarus reikalas vardarbība; slepkavība pembunuhan misdaad forbrytelse, mord zbrodnia sujeira crimă насильственная смерть vražda, násilný zločin nasilje, zločin zločin brott การทำผิดกฎหมาย cinayet 暴行(如謀殺等) нечесна гра پر فریب حرکت خصوصا قتل tội phạm bạo lực 暴行（如谋杀等）

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