- foul
- foul [adj1] disgusting, dirty abhorrent, abominable, base, contaminated, despicable, detestable, disgraceful, dishonorable, egregious, fetid, filthy, gross*, hateful, heinous, horrid, icky*, impure, infamous, iniquitous, loathsome, malodorous, mucky*, nasty, nauseating, nefarious, noisome, notorious, offensive, pigpen*, polluted, putrid, rank*, raunchy*, repellent, repulsive, revolting, rotten, scandalous, shameful, squalid, stinking*, sullied, tainted, unclean, vicious, vile, wicked, yecchy*, yucky*; concepts 485,529 —Ant. clean, fragrant, pleasing, pure, wonderful foul [adj2] vulgar, offensive abusive, blasphemous, blue*, coarse, dirty, filthy, foul-mouthed, gross*, indecent, lewd, low, nasty, obscene, profane, raunchy, scatological, scurrilous, smutty*; concept 267 —Ant. clean, innocent, inoffensive, moral foul [adj3] corrupt, dishonest caitiff, crooked, dirty, fraudulent, inequitable, monstrous, shady, underhand, underhanded, unfair, unjust, unscrupulous, vicious; concepts 537,548 —Ant. fair, good, honest, incorrupt, just foul [n] infraction breach, encroachment, error, faux pas, infringement, offense, slip*, violation; concepts 192,691 foul [v] make or become dirty befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, block, catch, choke, clog, contaminate, defile, desecrate, discolor, ensnare, entangle, fill, jam, pollute, profane, smear, smudge, snarl, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist; concepts 250,469 —Ant. clean, purify, sterilize
New thesaurus. 2014.