foul
adj 1: 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"
[syn: {disgusting}, {disgustful}, {distasteful}, {loathly},
{loathsome}, {repellent}, {repellant}, {revolting}, {wicked},
{yucky}]
2: offensively malodorous; "a putrid smell" [syn: {fetid}, {foetid},
{foul-smelling}, {funky}, {noisome}, {smelly}, {putrid},
{stinking}]
3: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter";
"used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting
serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: {cheating(a)},
{dirty}, {unsporting}, {unsportsmanlike}]
4: (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines [ant: {fair}]
5: (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty)
copy" [syn: {dirty}, {marked-up}]
6: (informal) thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty
or vile) weather we're having" [syn: {filthy}, {nasty}, {vile}]
7: characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul
language"; "smutty jokes" [syn: {filthy}, {nasty}, {smutty}]
8: disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter;
"as filthy as a pigsty"; "a foul pond"; "a nasty pigsty of
a room" [syn: {filthy}, {nasty}]
9: especially of a ship's lines etc; "with its sails afoul"; "a
foul anchor" [syn: {afoul(ip)}, {fouled}]
n : (in baseball) a ball struck with the bat so that it does not
stay between the foul lines on the playing field [syn: {foul
ball}] [ant: {fair ball}]
v 1: hit a foul ball, in baseball
2: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn:
{pollute}, {contaminate}]
3: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: {clog},
{choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {choke}]
[ant: {unclog}]
4: commit a foul; break the rules
5: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: {befoul}, {defile},
{maculate}]
6: make foul; "foul the water"
7: become foul or dirty