Foul

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Offensive to the senses; revolting.
  • adj. Having an offensive odor; smelly.
  • adj. Rotten or putrid: foul meat.
  • adj. Full of dirt or mud; dirty. See Synonyms at dirty.
  • adj. Full of impurities; polluted: foul air.
  • adj. Morally detestable; wicked: foul deeds.
  • adj. Of a vulgar or obscene nature: foul language.
  • adj. Very disagreeable or displeasing; horrid: a foul movie.
  • adj. Bad or unfavorable: in fair weather or foul.
  • adj. Violating accepted standards or rules; dishonorable: used foul means to gain power.
  • adj. Sports Contrary to the rules of a game or sport: a foul boxing punch.
  • adj. Baseball Outside the foul lines: a foul fly ball.
  • adj. Entangled or twisted: a foul anchor.
  • adj. Clogged or obstructed; blocked: a foul ventilator shaft.
  • adj. Archaic Ugly; unattractive.
  • n. Sports An infraction or a violation of the rules of play.
  • n. Baseball A foul ball.
  • n. An entanglement or a collision.
  • n. An instance of clogging or obstructing.
  • ad. In a foul manner.
  • v. To make dirty or foul; pollute. See Synonyms at contaminate.
  • v. To bring into dishonor; besmirch.
  • v. To clog or obstruct.
  • v. To entangle or catch (a rope, for example).
  • v. Nautical To encrust (a ship's hull) with foreign matter, such as barnacles.
  • v. Sports To commit a foul against.
  • v. Baseball To hit (a ball) outside the foul lines.
  • verb-intransitive. To become foul.
  • verb-intransitive. Sports To commit a foul.
  • verb-intransitive. Baseball To hit a ball outside the foul lines: fouled twice and then struck out; fouled out to the catcher.
  • verb-intransitive. To become entangled or twisted: The anchor line fouled on a rock.
  • verb-intransitive. To become clogged or obstructed.
  • phrasal-verb. foul out Sports To be put out of a game for exceeding the number of permissible fouls.
  • phrasal-verb. foul up To blunder or cause to blunder because of mistakes or poor judgment.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled; as, a foul cloth; foul hands; a foul chimney; foul air; a ship's bottom is foul when overgrown with barnacles; a gun becomes foul from repeated firing; a well is foul with polluted water.
  • adj. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive; as, foul words; foul language.
  • adj. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
  • adj. Loathsome; disgusting; as, a foul disease.
  • adj. Ugly; homely; poor.
  • adj. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; as, a foul wind; a foul road; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
  • adj. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating; as, foul play.
  • adj. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear; as, a rope or cable may get foul while paying it out.
  • adj. Outside of the base lines; in foul territory.
  • v. To make dirty.
  • v. To besmirch.
  • v. To clog or obstruct.
  • v. To entangle.
  • v. To make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage.
  • v. To hit outside of the baselines.
  • v. To become clogged.
  • v. To become entangled.
  • v. To commit a foul.
  • v. To hit a ball outside of the baselines.
  • n. A breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage; as, for example, foot-tripping in soccer, or contact of any kind in basketball.
  • n. A (usually accidental) contact between a bowler and the lane before the bowler has released the ball.
  • n. A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A bird.
  • adj. Covered with, or containing, extraneous matter which is injurious, noxious, offensive, or obstructive; filthy; dirty; not clean; polluted; nasty; defiled
  • adj. Scurrilous; obscene or profane; abusive
  • adj. Hateful; detestable; shameful; odious; wretched.
  • adj. Loathsome; disgusting.
  • adj. Ugly; homely; poor.
  • adj. Not favorable; unpropitious; not fair or advantageous; ; cloudy or rainy; stormy; not fair; -- said of the weather, sky, etc.
  • adj. Not conformed to the established rules and customs of a game, conflict, test, etc.; unfair; dishonest; dishonorable; cheating.
  • adj. Having freedom of motion interfered with by collision or entanglement; entangled; -- opposed to clear.
  • v. To make filthy; to defile; to daub; to dirty; to soil.
  • v. To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing.
  • v. To cover (a ship's bottom) with anything that impered its sailing.
  • v. To entangle, so as to impede motion; ; to come into collision with.
  • verb-intransitive. To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun.
  • verb-intransitive. To become entagled, as ropes; to come into collision with something.
  • n. An entanglement; a collision, as in a boat race.
  • n. See Foul ball, under Foul, a.
  • n. In various games or sports, an act done contrary to the rules; a foul stroke, hit, play, or the like.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Grossly offensive to the senses; of a filthy or noxious character or quality; noisome; disgusting: as, foul matter or exudations; a foul smell; foul breath.
  • 2. Of a harmful or mischievous character; causing trouble or annoyance; obnoxious; obstructive; clogging: as, foul weeds; foul weather; a foul wind.
  • Affected by noisome or defiling matter; in a filthy state or condition; unclean; dirty; turbid; defiled: as, foul clothing; foul den; a foul stream.
  • Affected by harmful matter or things; obstructed by anything fixed or attached; clogged; choked: as, a foul garden (one full of weeds); a foul chimney (one choked with soot); the ship's bottom is foul (clogged with seaweeds or barnacles); the channel has a foul bottom (one cumbered by rocks, wrecks, or the like).
  • Clogged or impeded as by collision or entanglement; in a state of obstructing contact or involvement: with of before the obstructive object: as, the ship is foul of a rock or of another ship; a rope or an anchor is foul from being jammed, entangled, or clogged in any way.
  • Contrary to or violating rule or established usage; done, acting, or acted upon improperly; irregular; disorderly; unfair: as, a foul blow or stroke: a foul player or fighter; a foul attack. See foul play, below.
  • Grossly offensive or loathsome in a moral sense; manifesting, or prompted or actuated by, base or vicious feeling; vile; odious; shameful; revolting: as, foul thoughts or actions; foul language; a foul slander, murder, conspiracy, etc.; a foul slanderer or conspirator.
  • Extremely bad as to effect or result; unfavorable; unlucky; pernicious; distressing: us, a foul accident; a foul prospect or omen.
  • Coarse; common; of little value.
  • Ill-favored; ugly; homely.
  • To attack; make an assault upon. See afoul.
  • n. The act of fouling, colliding, or otherwise impeding due motion or progress; specifically, in a contest of any kind, a violation of the governing rules.
  • n. In base-ball, a hit which makes the ball land outside the lines from home to first or to third base continued indefinitely; a foul ball or a foul hit. See base-ball.
  • n. An ulcer in a cow's foot; a disease that produces ulcers.
  • In a foul manner.
  • To make foul, in any sense; befoul.
  • Nautical, to entangle.
  • To become foul or dirty: as, a gun. fouls from long use.
  • Nautical, to come into collision, as two boats; become entangled or clogged: as, the rope fouled; the block fouled.
  • In base-ball, to strike a foul ball
  • n. An obsolete spelling of fowl.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
  • adj. (of a manuscript) defaced with changes
  • v. hit a foul ball
  • v. commit a foul; break the rules
  • adj. offensively malodorous
  • adj. especially of a ship's lines etc
  • adj. highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust
  • n. an act that violates the rules of a sport
  • adj. characterized by obscenity
  • adj. (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines
  • v. make unclean
  • v. become soiled and dirty
  • v. become or cause to become obstructed
  • adj. violating accepted standards or rules
  • v. spot, stain, or pollute
  • v. make impure
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    fouled    fouling    foulness    fouls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bemire    dirty    begrime    colly    grime    soil    change    shame    disgrace    attaint   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    fouled    fouling    befoul    nonfouling    nonfoul    afoul   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bird    filthy    dirty    polluted    nasty    defiled    scurrilous    abusive    hateful    detestable   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Raul    afoul    cowl    crowl    fowl    growl    howl    jowl    owl    prowl   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vile    filthy    horrible    ugly    treacherous    monstrous    miserable    poisonous    hot